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USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

USHA is known for building partnerships between NGOs and corporations and offering a fresh ray of hope to women in remote areas of India. Now, the organisation has partnered with various government bodies to build a skilled female workforce

USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

USHA strives to elevate the socio-economic status of rural women in India by creating entrepreneurship opportunities through promising partnerships and collaborative efforts.

USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

Shyam Metalics, one of the leading integrated metal producing companies in the country, has partnered with USHA to empower women in Jamuria, West Bengal. The organisation has tied up with USHA International to start a training cum production centre at Jamuria.

USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

The centre, which is jointly run by USHA International and the Shyam Metalics Foundation, aims to make women more empowered, confident, and resilient.

USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

Not only are the rural poor being helped, but the Jamuria training and cum production centre is also assisting many tribal women in earning a living. Sushma Dhangar, a 24-year-old resident of Dhasna village, is one such woman.

USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

Miles away from Jamuria, USHA International conducted a 15-day Silai Training Programme, in Radhanpur, Gujarat. The Bhansali Trust Foundation and USHA have joined hands for the upliftment of the women undertaking the training. One of the many women working for the Bhansali Trust is Darji Hansaben Pravinbhai. The 62-year-old has proven that there is no age limit to learning, as she has learned all aspects of garment construction and takes pride in it.

USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

Yet another learner of the Bhansali Trust Foundation is Urmila Ben. Ms. Ben had a disheartening journey, but she has gracefully held the reins of her future. She is eagerly learning to hone her skills.

USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women
USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

The pharmaceutical company Alkem Laboratories approached USHA with the intention of empowering women in and around Baddi by teaching sewing skills.

USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

At this USHA Silai School, the ambition is to train women on USHA's industrial machines in order to skill them for large-scale production as well as provide basic and advanced training, so they can take up stitching work, even at home.

USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women

Preeti Devi, Siya Devi, and Neena Devi are three young 19-year-old learners at the USHA Silai School in Alkem Laboratories, who want to make the most of their present to move from a bleak past into a brighter future.

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About the Initiative

About the Initiative

Kushalta Ke Kadam, an initiative by USHA Silai School and NDTV has entered its eighth season. The aim is to empower more women across rural India by teaching them sewing skills and helping them open new doors of opportunities for themselves. The initiative encourages rural women to become financially independent and entrepreneurs by taking up sewing and training others in their respective communities.

 

Since 2011, the USHA Silai School initiative has trained more than 12 lakh rural women through over 33,000 Silai schools, spanning over 20,751 villages across India.

 

The women earn Rs. 4,000 – 5,000 per month on an average, with the highest recorded monthly earning being Rs. 84,000 in a month. This earning works as a catalyst towards building their self-confidence, reducing gender inequities, and raising their stature within their families and in society at large.

 

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