Archive for 2022

Khandeghar – Our New Tailoring Training Center

Khandeghar – Our New Tailoring Training Center

After seeing very positive response from women of Janathepada on their interest in learning tailoring, we realized that we can extend this to other villages as well. We discussed possibility of the same for Khandeghar. Our nursing staff from Khandeghar clinic spoke to females of the nearby hamlets.  The response was amazing and more than 40 females had shown keen interest in learning the skill. WIth 5 sewing machines , we started this training center on 7-Dec-22.

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Stitching – Success Stories – May 2022

Stitching – Success Stories – May 2022

In the month of April 2022, 5-6 of these females purchased sewing machines themselves and have started doing their small-time business with that. We had given them 30 meter cloth so that once their formal training is over, they can make something sensible and usable from that. 

Now they feel empowered enough and want to buy some material and sell stitched articles in their villages, on their own. We are really pleased with an idea that they decided on their own in investing in purchase of the machines (though second-hand) themselves and now gathering strength and courage to start some small business. To start with, they would stitch articles, pack it well and sell it through one small Kirana stall in their village. It is a very encouraging success story. We would also like to help them reach to larger selling market and lower cost purchase cost of raw material.

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Our Village – Our Clinic | आपले गाव – आपला दवाखाना

Our Village – Our Clinic | आपले गाव – आपला दवाखाना

While having physical setup of a clinic could have been ideal thing to have at each of significant village/hamlet, it definitely is not practical approach to expand. Hence, we came up with an idea of आपले गाव – आपला दवाखाना (Our village – Our clinic) – in which we would have bare essential medical facility being made available with one of the qualified female from the village. She would be trained by us and would be able to help with very basic illness (with over the counter medicines) and also with dressing the simple wound etc. Like our clinics, these medicines would not be given for free, but patients would be charged a token amount. There would be continuous learning process for these health-workers on monthly basis, where our doctors would take their training at one central location. We would be able to propagate more health related awareness in the village and can look for driving any specific awareness drives in future.

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Farming Support – Experiments with second crop

Farming Support – Experiments with second crop

Suhrid Foundation worked with 5 farmers on trial basis for getting second crop after their rice crop in October. We decided for onion, sunflower, multiple veggies (brinjal/egg-plant, bhindi/lady-finger, bottle-gird, spinach, etc). We purchased onion saplings and seeds required for this purpose. We also purchased material required for making organic fertilizers/nutrition (known as Jivamrut). Farmers were explained entire life-cycle of the crop. Once a week and later on once  in 15-days visits were done to review and guide farmers. The results were very encouraging. Farmers had vegetables for themselves and their neighbors. We also purchased few things from them.

Farmers have agreed to do serious attempt by doing cash-crop (primarily vegetables) along with rice – so that enough rice for family is made and remaining space (if any) is used in improving livelihood further. We would reconnect with farmers in second week of May 2022 for further planning.

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