CDS-Shoshana Sewing Centre - Raavipadu, Narasaraopet

One of the local people of Raavipadu offered their old house to run the sewing project. We have a medical centre in this area for quite some time now and some of the women here requested for a sewing project mostly school drop outs and housewives.

For the first group we have  chilli pickers who joined the sewing class.   The class started last year in Nov-2024. These ladies are basically agricultural workers. School drop outs and earning their income as daily workers to support their families. Their husbands are also working as auto drivers and other small jobs. Two of them have school going kids.

Right now chilli harvesting is going on. Guntur district is the largest producer of chillies. Best season for seasonal workers.

Some women requested for a sewing and basic embroidery class in their area so that they could utilize the class and can find another alternate work source for them in their off season.

Sharing a few pics from the class:

Instructor Kalyani with her students

Talking to these ladies to find out about their future plans. They wanted to have their own sewing machine to stitch for their families as well as take it up as an alternate career besides their work as a daily worker.