With an increase in the number of Silai Schools across the country, a need for more trainers to deliver quality training was realised and this led to the concept of Master Trainers, which has now been in practice for a few years
To enable and empower the unemployed youth of Meghalaya, especially women and girls, with skill training, Galaxy Enterprise in partnership with the USHA Silai School Program opened a training and production centre at Tura
While in Meghalaya, USHA taught women to stitch cloth and jute bags, an alternative to single-use plastic bags, in Delhi, visually impaired people were taught to stitch for a better livelihood
Despite being disabled herself and a wife of a mentally challenged husband, Rekhaben took charge of her family
Determined to uplift her economic condition and provide a better life to her family, Laboni turned her hobby into her profession and opened her own sewing school in 2016
After the demise of her parents, Ayesha was left alone as her siblings either got married or moved out of their village in search of work
Determined to provide a better future to her children, A. Metildamary from Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, joined USHA Silai school in December 2013
From being dependent on in-laws for fulfilling family's basic needs to earning Rs. 20,000 a month, E. Iruthayamary from Pondicherry did it all alone
39-year-old Raziabens disability made survival a struggle till she completed her training from Silai School and turned over a new leaf in her life