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Our Stree Shakti program serves as an income generating opportunity for underprivileged women in this rural community. The program aims to empower women to become income earners in their family by providing them with the resources and training for producing and selling handicrafts.
With design and market assistance from our staff, the women stitch quilts, cushion covers, handbags, placemat sets and a variety of beautifully handmade products, which are sold throughout the local community and abroad. The women receive the full benefits of their labor and are able to produce a sustainable income to ensure proper education, health and hygiene for their family and children.
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Stree Shakti is a unique program that helps women build their skills and improve their quality of life.
Program Highlights:
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Over 70 women working in Self Help Groups are producing beautifully hand stitched quilts and textile products that help them earn an income to care for their families.
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PYDS subsidizes the costs of the program and provides free working capital, management, infrastructure and transportation for the women to help them earn and enhance their production.
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The women are taught new skills that add value to the products and improve their knowledge and income.
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Two women from the village have been sponsored to participate in a Technology and Design course and now serve as Supervisors for Stree Shakti.
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Many of the women participate in the PYDS Young Adult Program where they undergo English and Computer Training to build their professional skills and enhance their opportunities for the future.
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PYDS has built 52 toilets in the community and homes of many of the women to ensure safe and healthy sanitation.
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For Rs. 500 per annum, the women and their families receive quality healthcare and access to pathology, surgery, delivery, room stay, X-ray and other services.
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