Malti Devi

Malti Devi, a housewife from Dadwan village , was like any other women in her village. The difference lay in her rejection of the poverty they were condemned to. In the last two years, she has proved a point: she is trained enough to earn Rs 8000-9000 every month. Malti is grateful to the Open Hands Education Sewing Center which helped her learn to stitch school uniforms and other clothes material. It changed her life making her self-reliant and skilled. Open Hands Education, has been providing 6-month training to the rural women. After giving training, the women are free to choose any associated work such as cutting, stitching, buttoning, ironing or packaging of uniforms. After joining Open Hands Education, earnings of the rural women have increased manifold. "Before I started this work, I hardly earned Rs 3,000-4,000 in a month, but now, I am earning around Rs 8,000-9,000. This is extra money which I earn after doing the daily household work and agricultural activities at home. As my income has increased, both my children now study in a private school" says Malti.

Pushpa Kumari

Pushpa sadly lost her father whilst she was still in education and her mother kept working whilst looking after Devi and her brother. Pushpa was keen to secure a job of her own but because of her disability, finding work in her home town was difficult. She attended a Need Assessment camp local to her and it was there that she heard about the Vocational Training Programme conducted by Open Hands Education. Pushpa immediately enrolled sewing course and further developed her, already competent, computer skills. A bright, enthusiastic and active individual were already in her favour when applying and successfully securing her first role as an accountant with Shell. Pushpa is a valued member of the team and contributes not only to the success of the company but also to supporting her family. She has new found independence and growing in self esteem.

Rubbi Kumari

Rubbi completed her schoolings at the Goverment School. Rubbi enrolled 6 months vocational training course at open hands education and during that period, she was a regular participant to the class, always making herself busy and engaging with the material. This enthusiasm helped her to understand things faster and grow in confidence in her abilities. After successful completion of the training period, Rubbi was awarded a job opportunity in city where she now makes clothes for women, girls and Sales. Rubbi is very happy and is able to live an independent life of her own. This opportunity has given Rubbi the drive and spark to go on and achieve even more in life.

Reshmi Kumari

Reshmi sadly lost her father during her school years leaving her mother, a private school teacher, to not only have a career but also to look after the family on her own. Reshmi also has a younger brother who is studying at college. After her school Reshmi immediately joined the Vocational Training Course provided by the Open hands education. Reshmi had been taught in Hindi throughout her education so she she had a real desire to learn english. Such was her eagerness to learn, Reshmi used to carry around an English work book with her and surfed the internet for reading inspiration. Reshmi is a conciencious, hard working and punctual individual which paid dividends when she applied for her first job in wome tailoring shop in city. Now, earning a good salary, Reshmi has blossomed into a confident young woman who is able to be independent and wants to help to reduce her mother’s burden and help with the family.