A Village for Independent and Enterprising Women
A View of Hope
A Village for Independent and Enterprising Women (A VIEW) is an unlocked residential rehabilitation model unit for destitute women with mild to moderate psychiatric illness, where residents can find community and hope, learn survival and skills, and eventually become independent and able to earn a living. We believe that these women can recover their dignity and become self-sufficient if they receive proper medication and care.
A View of Hope
A Village for Independent and Enterprising Women (A VIEW) is an unlocked residential rehabilitation model unit for destitute women with mild to moderate psychiatric illness, where residents can find community and hope, learn survival and skills, and eventually become independent and able to earn a living. We believe that these women can recover their dignity and become self-sufficient if they receive proper medication and care.
Where are We Now?
A VIEW moved to its current location at Jibantala, South 24Parganas in 2014. Since then, we have gradually built our self-sufficient, eco-village – with housing for 16 residents (2-3 individuals per room), a separate living wing for “independent-ready residents,” an urban independent-living unit, quarters for resident staff, temporary rooms for visiting staff and community clinics, a kitchen, as well as huts for farming needs.
Where are We Now?
A VIEW moved to its current location at Jibantala, South 24Parganas in 2014. Since then, we have gradually built our self-sufficient, eco-village – with housing for 16 residents (2-3 individuals per room), a separate living wing for “independent-ready residents,” an urban independent-living unit, quarters for resident staff, temporary rooms for visiting staff and community clinics, a kitchen, as well as huts for farming needs.
Core Values
Believe
At A VIEW, we believe that these women can recover their dignity and become self-sufficient if they receive proper medication and care along with training in a suitable trade
Deliver
At our eco-village, we provide our residents with a stable environment in which they can consent to medical and psychiatric treatment, re-learn self-care, live with dignity and acquire a marketable skill.
Achieve
We encourage our residents to apply their new skills to support themselves, we advise and assist them in their new enterprises, and we work to reunify them with their families if conditions are suitable.
Vision
Women with mental illness have societal acceptance and a secure support system independent of hospitals.
Mission
We aim to rehabilitate the mentally ill abandoned women and empower them with skills to independently earn living
Vision
Women with mental illness have societal acceptance and a secure support system independent of hospitals.
Mission
We aim to rehabilitate the mentally ill abandoned women and empower them with skills to independently earn living
Dr. Suchandra Brahma
The Mind Behind the Vision
A psychiatrist, M.S. in Psychopharmacology from Mayo Graduate School, MN, USA, and MD
Psychiatry from Wayne State University, MI, USA. She has a certificate in Psychodynamic
Psychotherapy from Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. Suchandra has designed this unique
platform of an unlocked setting for psychiatric patients, giving them the power to choose what to
do with their lives and the opportunity given to them to get off the streets. She has been working
with homeless women in and around Kolkata for about 10 years now. She continues to practice in community mental health systems, and in other Government settings in the USA.
Leadership Team
Jyoti Iyer
Senior Account Manager
Oracle Corp.
Has worked with
social enterprises
social enterprises
Premasis Brahma
(Founder member)
B. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Dr. Suman Dasaratharaman
Has been associated with
welfare programs in Mumbai
and Kolkata.
welfare programs in Mumbai
and Kolkata.
A Village for Independent and Enterprising Women – Where vulnerable and homeless women learn to survive and flourish.
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