{"id":426,"date":"2017-12-09T10:20:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T09:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/pune\/?page_id=426"},"modified":"2024-03-01T06:54:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T05:54:14","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/pune\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Welcome to SI Poona<\/h2>\n<p>The Soroptimist International Club of Poona was chartered with SIGBI in April 1991. We are a volunteer service organisation for women in business, management and the professions. We are part of Soroptimist International, the world&#8217;s largest classified service organisation for executive and professional women, a Global voice for women. It uses Awareness, Advocacy and Action to bring about change in the lives of women and girls worldwide. The heart of the Soroptimist&#8217;s mission is &#8220;to make a difference\u201d through volunteer services to the community. In India we have fifteen clubs working in the fields of Health, Education, Environment and International Goodwill and Understanding, all working for the welfare of women and children.<\/p>\n<p>In our organisation, our main thrust for project work has been in the area of Girls Education and Women\u2019s Health. Health and Nutrition awareness in backward areas and Girl Child Safety training are also some of our current activities.<\/p>\n<p>Our members are women drawn from different professions like IT, Medicine, Engineering, Education, Industry, Management, Social Work, Scientific Research.<\/p>\n<p>Our main thrust for project work has been in the area of Girls Education and Women\u2019s Health in addition to taking up work in the SIGBI Quadrennium Project areas like AIDS awareness and Cancer screening. We have also taken up our national projects like \u2018Let Me Bloom\u2019 \u2018Fistful of Grain\u2019 and \u2018Green Canopy\u2019 in the fields of Nutrition and Environment respectively.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4857&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1705385278102{padding-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>What We Do?<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our members are women drawn from different professions like IT, Medicine, Engineering, Education, Industry, Management, Social Work, Scientific Research.<\/li>\n<li>Our main thrust for project work has been in the area of Girls Education and Women\u2019s Health in addition to taking up work in the SIGBI Quadrennial Project areas like 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