Shoshana Sewing Project, Rajiv Gandhi nagar, Guntur.

Few latest pics from Shoshana Sewing Project, Rajiv Gandhi nagar, Guntur.

The very first sewing project started in Guntur in the year 2000 and it has been helping more than 150 needy girls and women in this area for the last 16 years .

The instructor Mrs.Nirmala has been in charge of the sewing centre from the beginning and her daughter Kamala who is also a trained nurse has been supporting her in teaching basic painting  and embroidery from a couple of years.

Now Nirmala has women from other  areas , close to Guntur those who are in need of help for self help training programs . After finishing the training for the present group of women, she is planning to move to other needy area as soon as a possible where as Kamala wants to give medical support in future.

 This might be the last group of women who get help in this area. So far many women benefited from this area and also successfully having their own job.

Visit to Shoshana Sewing Centres, Guntur.

Latest pics from our visit

Pics from Shoshana Sewing Centre, Venkatappaiah colony, Guntur.

Martha's first visit to the projects starting with a sewing centre. She did a general supervision of the project and later distribution of Sewing machines and certificates to the students who are going to finish their training program  soon.

The instructor Anitha is a tailor too besides teaching the students. Towards the end of the training program  she is taking in students as apprentice  to work under her supervision so that it would be a practice for them and also earn some money before starting their own business.

The present group of women is ready to leave so in the presence of Martha we distributed sewing machines to them on a small micro credit and also training ceritificates  which would be supporting for them for their future job trails.

The visit was completed on a happy note, the instructor successfully trained the women and they are going to finish their training end of Nov-16. Shoshana provided them with a sewing machine . Happy to see them as independent women already.

Hi friends,

Happy to inform that our M.D for Shoshana, Martha B Foerch arrived safely in India. She came from U.S.A  Long tiresome journey but she managed successfully. First visit to Chirala in this year 2016 and our visiting to  all the projects starts from Monday i.e 7th Nov.


Will be updating the latest pics and details from our work from time to time.

Inuguration of Medical Project at Raavipadu, Narasaraopet town.

New medical project  at Raavipadu village  . Shoshana is taking care of this project in Narasaraopet town where it has been running sewing centres for needy women.

The present project is mainly to give first aid help for the needy people in this area who are mainly agricultural workers. First aid help is especially important for people in remote areas, where emergency assistance can be some distance and time away.

Main aim of this project is to care for an  injured or sick person prior to treatment by medically trained personnel like minor injuries which  require only first aid intervention, and no further treatment..

The first aider, Ramanjeneyulu.

Second male nurse in our organization. He is working in a private hospital in Narasaraopet town and has ten years experience as a nurse. He is from Raavipadu village and is familiar with the people here.

Interaction with the villagers. There were interested to know about Shoshana and its activities.

Project Pics from Vengal reddy nagar, Chilakaluripet.

The present group of women along with the instructor at Shoshana Sewing Centre, Vengalreddy nagar, Chilakaluripet.

These women started their sewing course in Feb-16  and going to finish their training at the end of the year. Compared to the other projects, the women from this area come from a very needy background. Some of them are coolies in fields and some are domestic helpers.
Their financial situation forced them to drop out from schools and support their families.

They have no regular income  since their work is seasonal. Our aim is to develop self confidence among them and to facilitate skills which would provide them an alternate income source.

This extra income would definitely help them to give their children a better life.

Pics from Shoshana Sewing Centre, Shalem nagar, Narasaraopet.

New group of women started their training from June-16. Coming from neighboring areas of Shalem nagar, heard about the classes from the old students. Few married women,  girls who finished their school  and one or two in college.

Having opportunities for jobs in Government schools, not only the uneducated women who are learning the course for their livelihood besides their work as a coolie, many needy women who have the basic education are also interested to learn the course in order to get placed for Government jobs.

Insturctor, Santhamma with the students

We are providing them the training certificates after completion of their course. There is no mandatory time limit for the training. Ofcourse we have a schedule for 9 months to 1 year for the training but if they need more practice we are providing them more time so that they get perfection to work on their own.

Pics of Shoshana sewing centre, Navodaya nagar, Narasaraopet.

Sushmitha

One of the old students of this Sewing project from the very first batch. Happy to hear that she is running her own shop at home, also she learnt advanced embroidery work, painting, jute bag making etc. She invited to come over to her place to show her products.

Given a chance she would like to train the students of our sew centre with some handicrafts works, embroidery and painting specially bags made out of jute material.


The present group of women started their training from July-2016. Women from agricultural families, autodrivers and other small jobs. They heard about the centre from the old students. The instructor Satyavathi has some health problem so her sister who is also a tailor is taking care of the project of late.