Wings To Fly Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Ahmedabad, India that empowers women through vocational training, counseling, and job opportunities. It runs a Bootlegger Project that provides training in skills like minakari (enameling) to rehabilitate women who previously made illegal alcohol. The project is done in collaboration with the Ahmedabad City Police and has opened training centers for the women to learn skills and find alternative sources of income. The document provides background details on the Bootlegger community and Wings To Fly's activities to help empower women through education, healthcare access, and defending their rights.

1. WINGS TO
FLY
THE FOUNDATION
403, Parnakunj Apartment,
Opp Central Mall, B/h Balam Dairy,
Ambavadi, Ahmedabad-380006
+917567993633
Established: 15th September,
2013
Founders: Arpita Vyas & Dhaivat
Vyas
MOTTO: “EMPOWERING WOMEN TO BUILD A CORE SOLID NAITON.”

2. About Us:
 Wings To Fly The Foundation works to
empower women by raising opportunities for
employment and thus ensuring their monetary
independence.
 Wings to Fly - The Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization, head office based in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat (INDIA). Wings to Fly stands for
Empowering Women, Next Generation
Education, Health and also promotes sports.
 Wings to Fly -The Foundation was founded in
the year 2011 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat with a
singular thought to develop the next generation
local area.

3. Mission & Vision:
 Mission:
Wings to Fly - Mission Statement:
"Empowered women is powerful beyond
measure and beautiful beyond description.“
 Vision:
Enabling women to stand toe to toe with men.

4. Our Activities
 Women Empowerment through individual and group
counselling.
 Opening Rehabilitation Centres for Ex-Bootlegger women
and give them vocational training and job work
 Bootlegger project in collaboration with Ahmedabad City
Police
 Health awareness programs.
 Self Defence programs.
 Help against domestic violence.
 Help widows through social welfare department.
 Help underprivileged women through providing vocational
training and job work by establishing activity centres.
 Awareness to save girl child.
 Visits to different Senior citizen's home to make them feel
better

5. Team
Arpita Vyas
(Founder & Managing
Director)
Dhaivat Vyas
(Trustee/
CEO)
Nina Christie
(Mentor/
COO)
Deep Panchal
(Chief Editor)
Viyat Y Patel
(Creative Head)
Positive RishiKumar
(Principal Advisor)
Chhaya Vyas
(Trustee)

6. Introduction
ARPITA VYAS
• FOUNDER AT WINGS TO FLY-
THE FOUNDATION.
• CONSULTANT AT SURAKSHA
SETU, AHMEDABAD RURAL
Police Department
• Leader movement of
empowerment of rural women.
• Upbringing their standard of life by
increasing the job and earning
capacity.
• Step change movements for
making women of rural India self-
efficient and confidence.
• Udaan Award for Woman
Empowerment and Social Equality.

7. Introduction
ARPITA VYAS
• Vocation Training for Females
• Self Defence program for girls at
Sanand, Ahmedabad.
• Traffic awareness in rural Ahmedabad
for students at Dholka, Sanand,
Bavla, Viramgam, Bareja, Changodar,
etc.
• Old age home safety program at
Viramgam and Dholka, Ahmedabad:
1. Chatting with them over their
problems
2. Shared their funny and sad
stories
Distributing gifts (e.g. cloths, food)
Celebration of Valentine’s Day
• Set Up of women helpline number on
whatsapp, in rural area for girls..

8. Introduction
DHAIVAT VYAS
• Director/CEO at Red Canvas
Corporation. (Hospitality Industry)
• CEO at Wings To Fly-The
Foundation
KEY RESPOSIBILITIES
• Fund Raising.
• Project Start-up.
• Liaison with Government Bodies.
• Planning for future operating plans
in accordance with budget.
• Serving as primary spokesperson
and representative for the
organization.

9. Introduction
NINA CHRISTIE
• Chief Mentor at Wings to Fly-
The Foundation.
• Counselling and mentoring
women.
• Tracking of their daily activity.
• Briefing and de-briefing of
women under various projects.
• Over 15 years of experience is
training and mentoring.

10. Introduction
POSITIVE RISHIKUMAR – PRINCIPAL
ADVISOR
 POSITIVE RISHIKUMAR has a very strong background
of Administration and Management. He is having inborn
passion to help people with a smile on face.
 He has more than 10 years of experience in leadership
position with companies like CREATIVE INFOCITY LTD,
ETECH INC, HINDUSTAN LEVER PVT LTD, DAESHAN
TRADING INDIA PVT LTD. He has served as VICE
PRESIDENT OPERATIONS in YUVA UNSTOPPABLE, an
NGO mentored by National leaders’ e.g. Dr. Abdul Kalam.
 He is a personal Growth Educator, a Life Coach and also
does motivational writing & quotes. He is a self-directed
highly efficient person and have experience in Life
Counseling, Societal Development Service, Education,
Medical, New Business Startups, Telecom Operations,
International Business, Marketing and Hospitality
Industry.
 Founder & Chief Positive Guru at I-INSPIRE
FOUNDATION and currently he is also the Deputy Chief
(India) as Council for Media and Satellite Broadcasting.

11. Introduction
DEEP PANCHAL
• CHIEF EDITOR at Wings To
Fly- The Foundation.
• KEY RESPOSIBILITIES
• Finalizing Printing Material.
• Cover Photo-shoots.
• Communication with CSRs.
• Edit Complex and sensitive
material.
• Co-ordinate with publishing
department.
• Communication with
respective teams.

12. Introduction
VIYAT PATEL
• HOD CONTENT at Wings To
Fly- The Foundation.
• KEY RESPOSIBILITIES
• Designing of new content.
• Designing of interior.
• Handle Publications.
• Handle online updates of WFF.
• Create effective advertising
material.

13. Current Project Details
 BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
HISTORY
 During the Mughal rule in the year 1527 to 1757 A.D. they
lived in the forest region of Rajasthan.
 In the year 1857 A.D. they started travelling from one city to
another city.
 During the British rule in 1871 A.D. the Criminal Tribes Act
was implemented. Mainly 193 communities were listed. This
community was one of them.
 In the year 1922 – 23 A.D. these people migrated to
Ahmedabad from Rajasthan and settled near the
Chandrabhaga bridge.

14. Current Project Details
 BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
HISTORY
 Gandhiji and Ambalal Sarabhai used to visit this area.
Gandhiji and others felt that these people are good means
“Sara”. (In Gujarati language “Good” means “Sara”). They
changed the name from “Sara” to “Chara”. This is how this
community is named as Chara community.
 Their main activities are making home-made liquor, stealing
small goods from the shops / road side stalls, chain snatching
etc.
 Initially they lived in Ellisbridge area in Ahmedabad, by 1926
A.D. as the robbery activities increased, British government
made a settlement plan. In this settlement plan “Chara”
community people has to report to the police station 3 times
in a day. If they are found in a new location without any prior
notice, they were arrested and imprisoned.

15. Current Project Details
 BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
HISTORY
 After Independence in 1947 A.D. they all settled in
Kubernagar area in Ahmedabad. This area is also known as
Charanagar.
 In the state of Gujarat – Chara community people live in cities
like Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Sabarkantha,
Panchmahal, Dahod
 Also they are situated in states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir

16. Current Project Details
 BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
WHY THIS PROJECT?
 Maximum bootleggers are widows and there are no other
sources of income to the family.
 Quality of home-made liquor is bad.
 They indulge in activities like robbery or chain snatching etc.
 They have been imprisonment for 6-10 months under PASA
(Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act.)
 They were earning up to Rs. 300/- to 1500/- by selling home-
made liquor.
 They are also sexually/mentally harassed by their clients.
 Their children are deprived of better education/ better job
opportunities due to their (Chhara) community name & their
liquor making activity.

17. Current Project Details
 BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
OUR ACTIONS
 Counsel them and listen to their problems and understand
their needs.
 Creating an alternative solutions to generate income by giving
them vocational training like “Meenakari, stitching, chocolate
making, candle making, etc.)
 We have opened a rehabilitation training centre at Shahibaug
as well as Kubernagar to give them training and provide job
work.
 We are also planning to organize health awareness programs
for these ladies.

18. BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
 Project Insights
1. The Bootlegger project is given to us by the Ahmedabad city
Police
2. Orientation Day of the program.

19. BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
 Project Insights
2. Chief Guest at Orientation.
Present amongst the dignitaries were:
Guest Speaker – JCP Mr. Shamsher Singh
DCP Mr. Ashok Muniya
ACP Ms. Manjita Vanzara
Trainers – Mr. Yusuf Diwan, Mrs. Urvi Chauhan, Ms. Darshi
Shah

20. BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
 Project Insights
3.Activity Centre at Shahibaug.

21. BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
 Project Insights
4. Minakari strips and sheets coloured before making the
finished products

22. BOOTLEGGER PROJECT
 Project Insights
5. Bootlegger women taking the minakari training

23. Michele Menghini – Deligate from Seres Foundation (Spain)
and ACP Ms. Manjita Vanzara visits our
Rehabilitation Training Centre at Shahibaug & Kubernagar

24. Minakari Products