YWCA of Kottayam
YWCA of Kottayam was inaugurated on 8th June 1933 by Miss. Emily
Kiniard, daughter of Lady Kiniard, the founder of World YWCA
movement. Its memorandum was registered under section 28 Act
XII 1955. YWCA Kottayam brought women of Kottayam into the main
stream of civic life creating an enabling environment for their
involvement in the well being of society at large.
In 1943, Kottayam YWCA established a hostel in a rented building
which was later bought by the YWCA in 1947. This hostel was
launched to meet the requirement of safe housing for adolescent
girls and women moving out of their homes for education and
employment. In 1952, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, the then Health
Minister and the only woman Christian member of the first
cabinet of Independent India, laid the foundation stone of
a hall for members to assemble. This was completed by 1953.
A new Silver Jubilee Hostel building was inaugurated in 1960
by The Most Rev. Philipose Mar Chrysostom, the Marthoma Metropolitan.
A new hostel building, the foundation stone of which was laid
in 1972 was soon completed and was inaugurated subsequently
by President of National YWCA, Smt. Beril Sreehari. YWCA is
a charitable organization and it organizes various programmes
of interest to women apart from community services. Activities
of YWCA are administered by a Governing Body called the Board
of Management comprising of 15 elected members.
Kottayam Cluster
South West Region is divided into five clusters of
which one is Kottayam Cluster. YWCAs that come under Kottayam
Cluster include YWCAs of Kottayam, Pallam, Mallappally, Changanassery,
Ayroor and Mundakkayam, and the new enthusiastic group formed
in Kalathilpady,
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