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From Traditional Tribes To Thriving Entrepreneurs, How The Lives Of Women In Assam Changed
Team NDTV | Monday December 25, 2023Here's how a unique collaboration between Star Cement and Usha International is fostering women's empowerment in Assam, turning ordinary individuals into entrepreneurial success stories
- Team NDTV | Friday December 22, 2023
A joint initiative between the Usha Silai School and Fathima School Malja-ul Islam Orphanage is empowering women while also fostering societal growth in Kasaragod, Kerala
- Team NDTV | Thursday December 21, 2023
In Rajasthan's Karauli, the Usha Silai programme, in collaboration with Maharaja Ganesh Pal Charitable Trust, is empowering women artisans. Through skillful craftsmanship and traditional techniques, women like Shobha Jatav are weaving a brighter future, one stitch at a time
- Team NDTV | Wednesday December 27, 2023
"Usha is my fortune and my future. My identity has changed with the help of Usha," says Suchismita Sahoo, Swavalamban Silai School teacher from Odisha
- Team NDTV | Thursday December 28, 2023
Anita Bal, a resident of Churka Tola village in Madhya Pradesh, underwent a nine-day training programme where she learned not only different techniques of sewing and embroidery, but also acquired technical expertise in machine operation
- Team NDTV | Thursday December 14, 2023
In the remote corners of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Usha Silai School's Training-cum-Production Centre is pioneering change, uplifting local women through skill development
- Team NDTV | Wednesday December 13, 2023
Nestled in Ladakh, the Usha Silai School empowers local women with sewing skills. One such beneficiary is Mansoora Banoo in Kargil
- Team NDTV | Tuesday December 12, 2023
In Belonia, Tripura, with the Usha Silai School training program, women like Shilpi Das are not just learning the art of sewing but are also weaving tales of resilience and transformation
- Team NDTV | Thursday December 07, 2023
A modern-day miracle is happening in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti, where Usha, SIDBI and Tata Power have joined hands to empower hundreds of women through solar innovation
- Team NDTV | Wednesday December 06, 2023
The Usha Silai School initiative in Dholka, Gujarat, stands as a shining example of how environmental consciousness and women empowerment can go hand in hand
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.