Eight years ago USHA Silai School set on a journey to make women from marginalised communities self-sufficient. Over the years, the program has received support in various forms from people across the country. With the increasing public and private partnership, USHA has only grown and reached to different parts of the country. The partnerships have taken USHA to villages of Uttar Pradesh and Assam.
As part of their CSR (Corporate social responsibility), Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), recently partnered with USHA Silai School Program to provide livelihood opportunities to rural women in their respective areas. While USHA was given the job to train rural women, public and private partners took the responsibility of setting up a sewing centre with high tech sewing machines.
Kushalta Ke Kadam, an initiative by NDTV and USHA, aims at empowering women from rural India and encourages them to become entrepreneurs by taking up sewing and training others in their respective communities. Since 2011 Usha Silai Campaign has trained more than 3.95 lakh rural women within five years, with 17,000 Silai schools, spanning over 9272 Indian villages in India.
Kushalta Ke Kadam in Season 4 has returned with new goals and vision. The new season will witness the establishment of the new cluster in Kashmir, apart from the existing four clusters setup last year. The women from volatile Kashmir will work with well-known fashion designer Rohit Bal and get an unique opportunity to learn from him and make clothes for him. The work done by the Silai School women will be presented at Lakme Fashion week 2019.
With an aim to promote sustainable living, USHA Silai School program has joined hands with institutions working on environmental issues
USHA Silai School is helping the survivors of rape and trafficking carve out their own destinies through stitching and sewing
As part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Public Sector Undertakings like Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) and National Building Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) have collaborated with USHA International Limited to set up Silai Schools around the mining area in Dhanbad and steel plant in Rourkela
With an aim to help students and women in Kashmir and Punjab fulfil their dream of a better future, USHA has collaborated with educational institutions for setting up new Silai Schools
In the current season of Kushalta Ke Kadam, autonomous government bodies like the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) partnered with USHA Silai Schools to provide skill development and livelihood opportunities to women
USHA SIlai School initiative, in partnership with state governments of Meghalaya and West Bengal, is empowering women by helping them learn various techniques of stitching
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