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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.
Usha Sewing Centres Empowering Women In Remote Reaches Of India
From Shilpi Das to Mansoora Banoo, Usha Silai Schools are fostering financial independence among women, transforming them into self-reliant entrepreneurs. Take a look.
Meet The Super Achievers Of Usha Silai School, Fostering Financial Independence Among Women
In the past 12 years, over 33,000 Silai Schools have been opened. Some of the Silai School women have shown unmatched resilience and will to transform their lives. They have come a long way in the Silai School journey and are now looked up to as role models by other girls and women in their communities. Let's meet some of them.
How Usha Silai School Programme Is Collaborating With Different Organisations To Upskill Women
On one hand, Usha Silai School has collaborated with Meghalaya State Rural Livelihoods Society (MSRLS) to provide women with employment opportunities while also promoting environmental conservation, on the other hand, it has partnered with the Blind People's Association in Ahmedabad to upskill women with disabilities.
Usha Silai Schools Empowering Tribal Women Through Traditional Art Forms Across India
Usha Silai Schools are providing comprehensive training to tribal women across India, home to several indigenous tribes, by fusing their traditional art forms with embroidery. Take a look.
With An Expanding Network Of Partners, Usha Silai Programme Goes From Strength To Strength
Usha's commitment to empowering as many women as possible through skill-building initiatives remains unwavering. Their vision has resonated with diverse institutions ranging from Maharaja Ganesh Pal Charitable Trust and Fathima School to Star Cement and Lions Club, though varied, each working for a common cause: to develop an entrepreneurial women force across the country. Take a look.
India's Rural Women Make It To East India Fashion Show, Exhibiting Their Sewing Skills
Kushalta Ke Kadam, an initiative by NDTV and Usha, has entered its eighth season with the aim to empower women from rural India, by fostering them with sewing and stitching skills through Usha Silai School. NDTV-Usha focuses on reaching out to women in villages near border areas and remote regions.
USHA Silai School Women Promote And Revive Rural Traditional Sports Across India
India is home to a wide variety of traditional sports. But over the years we have lost touch with our majestic sporting culture and many sports are even on the verge of dying. To re-familiarise the long-lost sports activities, USHA has stepped up to promote various traditional sports across India with the help of women of Silai Schools.
USHA Is Partnering With Government And Private Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women
USHA is building a skilled female workforce by partnering with government bodies. Have a look at how these collaborations are offering a fresh ray of hope to women in remote areas of India
USHA Is Partnering With Government Bodies To Empower India's Rural Women
USHA is known for building partnerships between NGOs and corporations and offering a fresh ray of hope to women in remote areas of India. Now, the organisation has partnered with various government bodies to build a skilled female workforce
USHA Is Reviving The Unsung World Of Indian Rural Sports
From old martial art form Kalaripayattu, old gymnastics form Mallakhamba to rural sports of Punjab's Qila Raipur, the USHA Silai school has stepped in to promote the forgotten traditional sports activities among the rural youth.