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Objective
Our Tailoring project is a three-year-old project, which started in 2018. Our primary objective behind this initiative is to empower women.
We aim to accomplish this objective by providing woman training, material, and facilities to manufacture a variety of products and selling those products through exhibitions, and stores to support the cause. Over the last 3 years, through various initiatives and projects, we have successfully trained over 100 Adivasi women and youth.
Our Journey Story
2018: This initiative began with the support and assistance of students and teachers of Nirmala Niketan College, Churchgate. For about one year, twenty-five tribal women were provided weekly training by these students. They were taught to use the sewing machine and make bags. In the first year itself, they were able to produce 7000 bags.
2019: The same students further trained 25 tribal women to do block-printing, dyeing as well as screen-printing. We were able to collaborate with some designers and helped these women to produce designer bags as well.
2020 (till September 2020): We received donations of machines and then With the outbreak of COVID-19 in India, we recognized the growing demand for masks. Accordingly, we helped these women tailor face masks. It is worth noting that these women have been able to produce approximately 2,00,000 masks so far.
Need and the Impact of The New Normal
Tailoring as a skill can be put to use in several ways and can help the tailor earn her daily bread. Once trained, these women can produce a wide range of products from simple or designer bags to the currently necessary, face masks. We believe that such lifelong skills allow these women an opportunity to be self-reliant and augment their household income. Training and availability of required facilities and materials will bring them closer to this new beginning.
We at SEVA, believe in empowering these women to be able to earn their livelihood. Further, keeping them engaged in productive activities would prevent them from resorting to unethical means of earning (such as illegal felling of trees and participating in drug trades or abuse), which has been observed in various jungle communities.
