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In Nilgiris, Usha Silai School Is Preserving Heritage And Empowering Women Through Toda Embroidery
Team NDTV | Thursday November 30, 2023The women of the Toda tribe practice an ancient form of embroidery which is deeply intertwined with their culture and heritage
- Team NDTV | Wednesday November 29, 2023
To keep Khneng embroidery alive and empower women, the Meghalaya State Rural Livelihoods Society (MSRLS) has joined hands with Usha International Limited
- Team NDTV | Thursday November 23, 2023
The East India Fashion Week featured over 30 designers, which gave the women of the Usha Silai school an opportunity to connect with industry experts, helping them get a sense of the fashion industry
- Team NDTV | Friday January 13, 2023
USHA hopes they will be able to capitalise on this advantage and that their continued intervention will turn Puducherry into a strong contender in the silambam circuit of India
- Team NDTV | Wednesday January 11, 2023
USHA has been persistently promoting local traditions and culture around the country, whether through traditional forms of art and craft or indigenous forms of spor
- Team NDTV | Wednesday January 11, 2023
Yoga is practised worldwide by millions of people in many forms and variations. At its core, it is a mind-body practise combining physical posture, breathing techniques, and meditation for both health and relaxation
- Team NDTV | Thursday January 05, 2023
USHA has been joining hands with like minded partners as well as individuals to bring the benefits to as many women beneficiaries as possible
- Team NDTV | Thursday January 05, 2023
The North Western Railway Womens Welfare Organisation (NWRWWO) has been committed to working for the welfare of railway employees and their families. In addition to this Silai school, they have donated RO water plants and promoted sports in various regions
- Written by Team NDTV | Tuesday January 03, 2023
With the plastic ban in the state, the Meghalaya State Rural Livelihoods Society (MSRLS) saw this as an opportunity to curb pollution and create employment for women who could stitch cloth bags
- Team NDTV | Wednesday December 28, 2022
USHA Silai schools partnership with Alkem Laboratories began when the pharmaceutical company approached the organisation with the intention of empowering women in and around Baddi by teaching them skills
- Team NDTV | Tuesday December 27, 2022
The collaboration of USHA and The Bhansali Trust has not just enabled employment and upskilling but also long-lasting relationships
- Team NDTV | Monday December 26, 2022
Through partnerships and collaborations, USHA is looking at endless possibilities for strengthening existing Silai School women entrepreneurs so that they earn more, become more self-reliant, and become capable of shaping a better future on their own by developing skills in other women
- Team NDTV | Thursday December 22, 2022
The game with seven stones is known by different names in different states, such as, Lingochya in Maharashtra, Pitthu in Haryana, Satodiya in Gujarat, and Dabba Kali in Kerala. But while the names are endless, the rules are the same.
- Team NDTV | Tuesday December 20, 2022
Inspired by the impact of its work, USHA plans to scale up its involvement with traditional indigenous sports
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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.
Rebari girls grow up learning traditional embroidery, which along with their new found sewing skills developed at Usha Silai Schools, is helping them earn a living.
Usha Silai School has empowered many rural women to support their family and send their children to school.
The Usha Silai School, established in a small nondescript village that goes by the name of Kottai, is helping empower people from varied communities.
The all-inclusive Usha Silai School Programme covers the entire nation from hamlets tucked between hills to villages cast by the sea.
Vegetables farmers from the Mizoram hills earn very little given the topography of the area. Usha Silai Schools have played an important part in this region by skilling women to financially contribute towards their households.
Usha Silai School learner Lucy has trained seven other women in her community, helping them to become financially independent.
Women like Kaviben from the nomadic Rebari community are finally laying down their roots as they begin to gain financial independence and thereby stability through Usha Silai School.
Usha Silai School, located in the Gujarat's Bhuj village, is enabling rural women to earn as much as Rs. 2,500-4,000 each month.
Usha Silai School, in association with a Gujarat based NGO called Kala Raksha, is trying to bring about a Silai revolution in Bhuj.
Besides training other women from their community, many Usha Silai School learners have become entrepreneurs in their own right.
With sewing becoming easily accessible and lucrative, the silai schools are also helping revive traditional motifs and designs.