More than two decades into the 21st century, despite of herculean individual efforts, the position of women in our social setup hasn’t changed much. The sword of women empowerment can only be forged through the incorrigible metal of education because Education is Empowerment. Enlightened souls have an uncanny knack of seeing the future before it arrives. Her Highness Rajmata Sahiba being an enlightened soul realised, very early the power of education in empowering women. With this objective in mind, she conceptualised and laid the foundation of RKK, which has now become the nursery forging empowered women and is catering not only to Rajasthan but also to students from all over. Following her footsteps, Yuvrani Gayatri Rajye Sahiba ventured Project Shakti & Project Prayaas - Service endeavours in collaboration with Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls' Public School, Jodhpur under the aegis of His Highness Maharaja Hanwant Singhji Charitable Trust that carries out a series of modest initiatives under its outgoing projects – Shiksha, Sahayata and Sahayog to empower and uplift the women belonging to the rural and marginalized section of Marwar.

RKK is an institution whose boundaries exist merely in its geography not in its mind or spirit. However, it is difficult to capsule RKK’s vision and mission in few lines but raising awareness and uplifting the marginalized women of remote areas is its important goal. For this aim, RKK decided to collaborate and join hands with Yuvrani Sahiba’s Project Shakti and took an initiative to collaborate with this project and ventured “Prayaas” - an effort, inspired by Service endeavours of Round Square that aims at Women Empowerment. After long discussions with Yuvrani Sahiba and motivated by the change maker, visionary like Mrs Nishi Mishra, Principal, Scindia Kanya Vidayala, Gwalior whose project ‘Sankalp’ is in progress from last so many years, SKV’s Principal was invited to RKK who gave a complete demonstration of their project. Officials from Rajmata School were sent to SKV, Gwalior to get a first-hand knowledge of operating these machines and know how about the way this program needs to be implemented. The machines were procured from a renowned dealer at Coimbatore. On 3rd April 2019, this project was inaugurated at His Highness Maharaja Hanwant Singhji Charitable Trust, 10, Hanwant Vihar, Rai-Ka-Bagh Jodhpur. It is the fruition of a dream, a tribute to a great visionary whose hallowed name the school bears. This signified a fresh start of a magnificent endeavour of ‘Hamara Prayaas’ that manufactures and distributes free Sanitary Napkins and engages women in employment providing them of Financial independence and abilities to respond to challenges, to confront their traditional role and change their life. Along with this, a team of 13 RKKians present and perform a street play appealing and encouraging the women to forego superstitions and adopt a cleaner, healthier way related to their menstrual cycle.

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PROJECT PRAYAAS

A team of RKKians, under the mentorship of Dean Activities are trained in manufacturing of Sanitary Napkins under the aegis of Project Prayaas. These students devote one hour everyday for this community service. A group of marginalized rural widows in production of this essential commodity have been trained. The Sanitary Napkins manufactured by students and marginalized women are then distributed free of cost in nearby villages and schools to poor and needy girls and women. A team of girls perform a Street Play (Nukkad Natak) educating and encouraging the rural women to forego superstitions and adopt a clean and healthy way for their menstrual cycle.

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PROJECT SHAKTI

Another team of skilled students work for Project Shakti i.e. training of rural women in handcrafted toys beautifully designed by Yuvrani Gayatri Rajye Sahiba. These students have trained the unskilled rural women in making beautiful soft toys, keychains and puppets so that they can learn and earn both. The sale generated from these toys support the underprivileged, impoverished, poor women who manufacture Sanitary Napkins and their families have barely enough to survive and fight each day for basic requirement.

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SELF-LESS SERVICE OF FREE DISTRIBUTION

SNo.	Date of Dispensing	Distribution Place in Collaboration with RKKGPS	Sanitary Napkins
1.	20th July 2019	Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls’ Hostel, Desuri	200 Packets
2.	20th July 2019	Girls’ Hostel, Keru	100 Packets
3.	31st August 2019	Government School, Sardarsamand	300 Packets
4.	16th November 2019	Members of Rotary Club Padmini, Jodhpur	200 Packets
5.	28th November 2019	Gandhi Badhir Senior Secondary School, Punjala, Jodhpur	50 Packets
6.	20th December 2019	Govt. School, Nadiya	150 Packets
7.	2nd January 2020	Government Senior Secondary School, Mata Ka Than, Jodhpur	50 Packets
8.	13th January 2020	Shri Ram Swaroop Ganeshi Devi Chilka Adarsh Balika Uchh Madyamik Vidyalaya	50 Packets
9.	18th January 2020	Govt. Girls’ School, Rajmahal, Jodhpur	200 Packets
10.	23rd January 2020	Sahid Kesa Ram Bishnoi Rajkiya Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Budhnagar	100 Packets
11.	28th January 2020	Government Sen. Sec. School, Akthali, Mandore, Jodhpur	100 Packets
12.	11th July 2020	Desuri Village	200 Packets
13.	24th July 2020	Village Banwarla and Akthali (Narega Ladies)	100 Packets
14.	28th July 2020	Khedi Charana, Jaleli, Daikada	150 Packets
15.	31st July 2020	Ramnagar Village	100 Packets
16.	21st August 2020	Government School, Shastri Nagar, Jodhpur through Rotary Club	50 Packets
17.	14th September 2020	School Baiji (RKKGPS)	50 Packets
18	5th November 2020	Government Sen. Sec. School, Ghantiyala (Mandore)	100 Packets
19	22nd December 2020	Government Sen. Sec. School, Salwa Kalla	600 Packets
20	23rd December 2020	Government Schools of Borawas, Boranada and Mahamandir	500 Packets
21	27th December 2020	Narega at Surpura Village	700 Packets
22	9th February 2021	Govt. Sec. School Paato ki Basni	125 Packets
23	9th February 2021	Govt.Sen Sec. School Lavera Khurd Bawri	200 Packets
24	23rd June 2021	4 Villages - Nadol, Parkela ke dhani, Guda Kesar Singh, Guda Prithaviraj	290 Packets
25	31st July 2021	Bawarla Village(Aganwari and Narega Site)	300 Packets
26	26th Feb 2022	Govt. Senior Secondary School Jhanwar	100 packets
27	16th April 2022	Judgaon, 40 km away from Jodhpur city	150 packets
28	12th May 2022	15 Govt. School	300 Packets
29	22nd June 2022	1. Rajiv Gandhi Anganwadi code no.3. It is located near Bhati circle , Ratanada, Jodhpur 2. Woman and Child Development Scheme , Anganwadi Kendra, Banar Road, Harijan Basti, . Sector- Poata code No.179	200 Packets
30	2nd August 2022	WOMEN’S CENTRAL JAIL (JODHPUR)	200 Packets
31	17th September 2022	Rajmahal Govt. Senior Secondary Girls School	300 Packets
32	6th November 2022	Under AFS at Keru Village	100 Packets
33	26th November 2022	Mother Teresa's Aashram, Missionaries of Charity	100 Packets
34	6th December 2022	Mahatama Gandhi Govt. School, Jodhpur	250 Packets
35	17th December 2022	Support Staff and Safai Karamchari (under regional activity)	50 Packets
36	17th December 2022	Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls’ School, Jodhpur (Support Staff)	100 Packets
37	2nd February 2023	Government School, Pabupura, Jodhpur	100 Packets
38	4th February 2023	Mahatma Gandhi Government School at Pabupura and BJS Colony Jodhpur	100 Packets
39	27th April 2023	Women Centrail Jail, Jodhpur	100 Packets
40	31st May 2023	Support staff and Safai Karamchari	100 Packets
41	28th July 2023	Navjyoti Kendra	100 Packets
42	24th August 2023	Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School, Mahamandir, Lal Maidan, Jodhpur	250 packets
43	29th September 2023	Govt. Girl’s Senior Secondary School, Sardarpura, Jodhpur	150 packets
44	23rd November 2023	Mahatma Gandhi Govt. School, Pal Road, Jodhpur	100 packets
45	23rd November 2023	Govt. Senior Secondary School, Rohila Kalan, Jodhpur	200 packets
46	23rd November 2023	Govt. Senior Secondary School, Jajiwal, Jodhpur	300 packets
47	26th January 2024	Shree Ram Swaroop Ganesh ji Devi Chilka Govt. Girls’ School, Shastri Nagar, Jodhpur	500 packets
48	8th February 2024	Mahatma Gandhi Government School, Balsamand, Jodhpur.	100 packets
49	4th May 2024	In slum Areas of Jodhpur	200 packets
50	11th May 2024	Women’s Central Jail, Jodhpur	200 packets
51	20th July 2024	Rehabilitation home for women’s, Jhalamand, Jodhpur	100 packets
52	31st August 2024	Government Senior Secondary School, Surpura, Jodhpur	100 packets