Hai everyone,



Happy to inform that Shoshana now is able to  start  a monthly pension to all our co-workers which is

definitely a help for them when they are not able to work any more.

This is possible only because of the continuous support from many friends.

Thank you very much for the donations for Shoshana and your love and support.

Latest pics from Shoshana sewing centre, Venkatapaiah colony, Guntur.

Pics of some of the women who finished their tailoring course and got their sewing machines.

 Name of the student is Bujji. Unmarried woman, staying with her parents. Mother is a house wife and father is a coolie. Living in a joint family along with ther aunts and their families.

She herself is a daily worker at chilli yard. Shoshana's sewing project at Guntur helped her in getting her training program as well as providing her with a machine.

Besides working as a daily worker in fields she now has another option of self employment.

 Same with another woman named Dhana lakshmi. She is a widow and has a son who is married and doing a small job. She is staying along with her son's family.  For many years she was a daily worker and now because of health problem she is at home.

Instead of sitting idle, she utilized the training program at Shoshana which helped her to get self employed. Now she is working from at home. She is independent now and is supporting her family.

Latest pics from one of our sewing projects at Vijayawada city.

Instructor Hemima with her present batch of students.

Located in Giripuram area. All the ladies are from the same area and from needy background. Daily workers especially building construction coolies. Started in Aug-13 and half of the training program is over.

Besides the sewing training, Shoshana is also doing medical help in this area. Helping poor women with health problems who are in desperate need of surgeries or any other medical emergencies.
The sewing instructor Ms.Hemima is taking  care of those who are in need of medical aid.

One of our sewing projects in Guntur recently changed their place.  Different house but same area - Venkatapaiah colony, Guntur.

Anitha is the instructor for the batch and these batch of women started their training in Feb-13 so its almost an year and they are about to finish their training course at the end of this month.

Before they finish the program i wanted to meet them to know about their future plans and Shoshana is always helpful in supporting them setting up their own business.

Pics from Shoshana sewing centre, Bapatla.

These women started their training in sewing and embroidery in last Nov-13.  Almost all of them are from either agricultural background like field workers or building constsruction workers. Heard about the free training program from the previous batch students.

She is Mounica. She is a school drop out. Both her parents are dhobis. It is their family work for a long time. They also have a small laundry shop. Naturally her parents put her in the same work but she wants to do something decent. With the intention of setting up her own shop and be independent she joined the free training class.


 

Manjula (Instructor) with Mounica

Rajeswari

She is Rajeswari. School drop out. Father is handicapped so her mother is running the house. She goes along with her mother for work. Both are field workers. She has an elder sister who is married and younger brother is studying. She hopes her training program helps her to set up her own tailoring shop at home besides her father who is running a small shop at home.

Our sewing project at Nagaralu, Guntur.

I met the third batch students of Shoshana Sewing Centre, Nagaralu who are going to finish their training program by the end of this month.

They  started their program in Feb-13.  Its almost an year and they are ready to start their work on their own.
Next time I visit them they would be busy having their own business.

Pics from Shoshana Sewing Project at Chilakauripet.

New batch of women for embroidery and painting course joined from 1st of Feb-14.
The instructor Mrs.Swetha was showing the samples from the last batch to the new students.Different painting techniques and hand work.

Swetha purchased new equipment for the centre which is useful to teach advanced embroidery work. This will make the work fast and accurate. Here the whole saree can be fixed to the frame and more people can work on it at the same time. Before they were using small frames.