Opening of new Sewing Project at Auto nagar Gate, Vijayawada

Sewing Project for Waste picker women.  Around 30 waste picker families are living in Auto nagar Gate area. Each family consisting of minimum 5 members. They are living in temporary shelters beside the main road. Main occupation for them is drainage cleaning and waste picking. 

Drug abuse and alcoholism is mainly seen in men and as we observed majority of women are single parents. School drop outs and early marriages are quite common here.

In order to give these women another opportunity to earn their living, Shoshana started a sewing project with four women as a group. Sewing training started from the 1st of August. After finishing the course ( 8- 9 ) months, these women will be provided with a sewing machine and other tools so that they can start working on their own at their convenience.

Sharing a few pics from the project

Instructor Ms. Hemima with the group