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Mahila Housing Trust
  • Home
  • About
    • About the Organization
    • 25 Years of MHT
    • Careers
    • Financials
    • Press Room
  • Practice Areas
    • Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation
    • Building Climate Resilience and Energy Efficiency
    • Securing Women’s Rights to Land and Housing
    • Microlending for Habitat Improvement
    • Advancing Participation in Governance and Planning
    • Livelihoods in Construction
    • Improving Community Infrastructure and Public Spaces
    • Disaster Response and Recovery
  • Impact
    • Changing Lives
    • Awards & Recognitions
  • News & Updates
    • Blogs
    • MHT in Media
  • Knowledge Hub
    • Resources
    • COVID-19 Impact Survey
    • Climate-resilient Slums
    • State of the Homeless (Ahmedabad)
  • Contact
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Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development 2021, under the subject: Climate Action SDG13, second category, specified for projects implemented by National NGOs, for the project:’Women’s action towards climate resilience of urban poor in South Asia

July 7, 2022

Bijal Brahmbhatt, Finalist, WIN DRR Leadership Awards

July 7, 2022

Mahila Housing Trust receives ‘Ashden Award for Cooling in Informal Settlements’ presented by President of Costa Rica at Glasgow, COP 26 for its women-led community based climate resilience model.

July 7, 2022

Awardee of +1Global Fund for tackling the health, economic, and social impact of COVID-19 in vulnerable communities

July 7, 2022

Finalist in 2020-2021 WRI ROSS Center, #PrizeForCities for women’s action towards Climate Resilience for the urban poor

July 7, 2022

Finalist in The Social Entrepreneur of the Year India Award 2019

July 7, 2022

Received the 2019 United Nations Global Climate Action Award for Women’s Action Towards Climate Resilience for Urban Poor in South Asia

July 7, 2022

Received the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction

July 7, 2022

Won in MIT’s Climate CoLab Contest – Absorbing Climate Impacts, in the popular choice category

July 7, 2022

Special Mention in the World Habitat Awards 2017 for its work in Bringing light and air to homes in informal settlements

July 7, 2022

Finalist in UNDESA’s Energy Grant, 2017

July 7, 2022

Awarded a Gold Certification from Guidestar, India’s leading repository that certifies NGOs based on their level of transparency & public accountability

July 7, 2022

MHT’s project ‘Women Entrepreneurs for Energy Efficient Slum Homes’ won the Millennium Alliance Award (Round 4). Millennium Alliance is a partnership between FICCI, USAID and the Technology Development Board, Govt. of India that supports innovations towards

July 7, 2022

MHT declared ‘WINNER’ of Innovation Challenge hosted by Urban Labs Innovation Challenge, announced by the University of Chicago Urban Lab and Delhi Government

July 7, 2022

MHT was invited to become a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, a global community of leaders. As a member MHT has pledged its commitment towards making Ahmedabad open-defecation free by mobilizing and building the capacity of women and adolescent girls

July 7, 2022

I Won the Global Resilience Challenge, an initiative spear-headed by The Rockefeller Foundation, United States Agency for International Development, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

July 7, 2022

Ms. Bijal Brahmbhatt, Director, MHT selected for the Global Fellowship Program on Social Innovation, 2015 by The Rockefeller Foundation among 21 leaders from the social and ecological sectors working to transform the systems

July 7, 2022

Ms. Bijal Brahmbhatt, Director, MHT was featured in a coffee table book titled ‘Women of Pure Strength’ by ‘Vodafone Foundation’ (India)

July 7, 2022

MHT’s idea on “Building climate resilience of urban poor in Ahmedabad, scalable across South Asia” announced as a 2015 Finalist in the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, a prestigious annual competition named “Socially-Responsible Design’s Highest Award”

July 7, 2022

Received the award for “Innovation to build urban resilience” presented by USAID, UN Habitat, UNDP and Pulse Lab Jakarta

July 7, 2022

MHT was recognized by DASRA in the top three highest potential NOT-FOR-PROFITS in Urban Sanitation Sector in India in their report on “Urban Sanitation in India, 2012” from amongst 300 organizations engaged in the sector

July 7, 2022

MHT has been identified by DASRA in their report for organizations doing pioneering work in “Transparency & Governance”

July 7, 2022

Ms. Bijal Brahmbhatt, Director, MHT was felicitated by “Women Changemakers” of Switzerland for “Women’s Empowerment in Habitat Sector

July 7, 2022

Ms. Bijal Brahmbhatt, Director, MHT received Ramesh R Bhatt Fellowship on Social Innovation and Leadership

July 7, 2022

MHT’s Parivartan’s Slum Networking Programme received the Dubai Best Practices Award

July 7, 2022

Recent Posts

  • Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene (WASH) – Key Concerns and Importance! January 9, 2023
  • Meena Soni, A Covid Warrior July 7, 2022
  • Ashden Award for Cooling in Informal Settlements November 6, 2021
  • MHT is part of Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur Task Force Committees for Transport4All Challenge! September 17, 2021
  • Sensitising community for household level toilet in Shram Bihar colony, Lucknow September 9, 2021

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