Gallery

From the rooms where the work happens.

Workshops, hands, materials and the people in the room, in Baruipur near Kolkata and at a mill in Kolhapur. Grouped by where they were taken, loosely in order.

Baruipur, West Bengal

With Bandhan-Konnagar. In Bengali and Hindi.

Women seated around long tables at a Knowing Your Money workshop — A Knowing Your Money workshop in session.

Participants writing in their budget worksheets — Working through the budget worksheet.

The budgeting module on screen: needs, wants and savings — The budgeting module: needs, wants, savings.

A participant smiling as she speaks into the microphone

Three participants seated together at the workshop

A facilitator passing the microphone to a participant as others applaud — Passing the microphone to a participant.

The full cohort gathered together at a workshop — The cohort together.

A participant standing to speak during the session

Participants writing notes under the programme banner

The scam-shield module on screen, on spotting fraud — Spotting fraud in the scam-shield module.

Portrait of a participant in a bright orange and red sari

A row of participants taking notes during the session — Taking notes.

Participants writing in their worksheets during a session

A participant joining the discussion — Joining the discussion.

A facilitator presenting the how-money-grows module on screen — How money grows.

A wide view of the cohort in colourful saris during a workshop

The full cohort together under the programme banner — The full cohort, under the programme banner.

Kolhapur, Maharashtra

With Indo Count Industries. In Marathi.

The founder addressing rows of participants seated at desks — The room, mid-module.

A participant standing beside the projected title slide at the start of a session — The workshop opens with the title slide, in Marathi.

Module one, Your Money Your Name, projected in Marathi — Module one, Your Money, Your Name, in Marathi.

A slide comparing long-term savings schemes, in Marathi — Where money can safely sit, and what it becomes.

A participant standing to speak during the session

Participants raising their hands to answer during a session — Hands up.

The founder crouching to talk with seated participants — Working through a question one to one.

The founder answering a participant's question beside her desk

Participants writing at their desks during a session

A participant standing to ask a question

Participants writing notes in their notebooks — Notes.

A facilitator leaning in to help a participant at her desk

A participant at her desk, listening

A group with their certificates outside the unit where they work — Outside the unit where many of them work.

A wide view of the mill's stitching line — The stitching floor, where most of the room works.

The founder walking between the desks during an exercise

A participant receiving her certificate of participation — A certificate of participation, handed over in the room.

A large group of participants holding their certificates — The end of a sitting, certificates in hand.

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