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After She Lost Her Son Kalpana Kamadi Decided To Reinvent Herself
Written by Somya Srivastava , Edited by Sonia Bhaskar | Friday June 30, 2017 , Dhule, MaharashtraKalpana's story is about how not to let poverty and tragedy shatter you, instead use it to break the shackles of societal norms and rebuild life with determination and dignity.
- Written by Somya Srivastava , Edited by Sonia Bhaskar | Friday June 30, 2017 , Dhule, Maharashtra
She not only change the course of her life but her children's too. Read the success story of Chhotibai, a women entrepreneur.
- Written by Chander Mohan Jindal , Edited by Sonia Bhaskar | Friday June 30, 2017 , Sakri Tehsil, Maharashtra
When Pratibha Khode's husband was diagnosed with a serious health condition, she was forced to step out of her house and start earning. Today she is generating employment for many women like her in her village.
- Written by Gopi Karelia , Edited by Sonia Bhaskar | Friday June 30, 2017 , New Delhi
Two Rabari women of Gujarat overcame their respective physical disabilities and followed their passion of stitching and designing garments
- Written by Gopi Karelia , Edited by Sonia Bhaskar | Friday June 30, 2017 , New Delhi
Turning adversity into an opportunity, Rejimol Tomy took charge of her household, children and is now looking to help other women to become financially independent.
- Written by Gopi Karelia , Edited by Sonia Bhaskar | Friday June 30, 2017 , New Delhi
In a village like Bhelu ki Dhani in the Bikaner district of Rajasthan, women are not allowed to step out of house and work. The harsh reality of this village pushed Suva Kunwar to break the rules and start the work of stitching. Today she is a trendsetter in her village.
- Written by Gopi Karelia , Edited by Sonia Bhaskar | Friday June 30, 2017 , New Delhi
24-year old Nazira Ghazi embarked on a silai journey to complete her dreams. She defied societal pressures and now runs a Usha Silai school
Do you want to be a part of the huge change that Usha Silai School is bringing about in the lives of millions of rural women? With just a simple click of a button, you can now contribute towards the opening of an Usha Silai School or support various other aspects of the school.
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.
Kushalta ke Kadam: Aiming for Independence Through Stitching
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.