EmpowerHER: Rights, Protection and Hope

Our new project, EmpowerHER Ventures, has been launched! We will provide training and employment to 100 women, mainly from the Dalit communities. Most of the girls/women are from our existing programmes but we welcome any women from the local communities that would like to get training and earn sustainable income. Main venture will be specialised tailoring with 3 workshops and one showroom set up across Madhesh Pradesh. 

First 30 young women started their basic training in Janakpur a couple of months ago – cutting, measuring, basic sewing. 40 women are just starting their training in Rautahat. After that part of the training is completed, they will receive specialised training and we have found an amazing trainer to take them to the next level. So far the women are so happy with everything. One of the assistant trainers is our past trainee so she is so enthusiastic and proud to be doing this.

So far we are using manual but good quality sewing machines and once the women are 100% comfortable with those, we will start getting electric machines that will speed their work a lot. In Janakpur we found a really nice area with a few shutter shops that the women will be working from, we have just finished initial renovations/decorations. We even had to build a toilet. In Rautahat we were able to get a large community hall for the training and we will rent a space for the workshop once they are ready to work. 

We are so excited about this initiative and the huge potential is has to bring solid income to the families. We will keep you posted as the project progresses!

And as always – thank you sooooo much for all the support!!!