About
Child development, women empowerment, old age care Maher is an interfaith and caste-free organization providing shelter and care to destitute and battered women and children. Maher was founded in 1997 by Sr. Lucy Kurien and is located in Pune in Maharashtra, India and spread to surrounding rural villages and out side of Maharashtra. Currently Maher has 24 projects in which nearly 570 children and over 180 women are residents. The women who come here had been abused, oppressed and abandoned. Most of the children too were in such situations and come here accompanying their mothers. Some are orphaned or come from broken homes. Maher welcomes everyone irrespective of religion, caste, reed, color or social status and values them equally. After having been at Maher for some time women are supported in getting reconciled with their families and be in society’s mainstream. They are trained to be self-reliant. When this is not possible, the women may continue to remain at Maher. Maher reaches out to women and children coming from all over India. Sometimes, when put through the trauma of abuse and harassment, damage is done to the mind that cannot be remedied with simple affection and care. In these cases, medical and psychological treatm