CDS - Shoshana sewing project - Pedanandipadu

Sharing some pics from Pedanandipadu sewing project - Guntur district

Twelve girls - Five from Anaparru village and Seven from Pedanandipadu village. Most of the women are married and from agricultural backgrounds. Some are housewives and some are daily workers in fields.

Both the groups started their stitching classes in the months of September and October-2024 

They will finish the tailoring course in a period of  minimum  nine months.

After finishing the class they will be given equipment assistance to start their own work.

Besides running free training classes for the women the instructor Mrs. Sivakumari has a tailoring shop where she gives employment to the former students.

 CDS-Shoshana Sewing Centre, Nagaralu, Guntur.

Sharing a few pics from a new group of women who started the sewing class at our Shoshana sewing project, Nagaralu, Guntur.

New group has four women, two of them are daily workers and two are housewives whose husbands also are daily wage workers. Middle aged women who has two children each. Some of them are married and some are students. 

Income earned by the men is not sufficient to run their families so they want to support the families. Since they are interested to learn stitching they want to finish the sewing class and start working from at home. The class started in July-2024 and they still have 6  months more to finish their class. 

These women are requesting for a sewing machine so they can practice more at home while learning and also stitch small samples.