Summary
Bihar is a state in the North of India. If it were a country it would be the sixth poorest in the world. Women in village communities have a low social status and often suffer social isolation.
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The Trust runs 3 sewing centres in our project villages, but we urgently need sponsorship to help keep all these centres open. They provide a supportive environment and training in sewing skills to up to 40 women and young girls at any one centre. When a certain skill level has been reached the women can apply for an interest free loan to buy a sewing machine which provides a very important source of income.
This project brings women whom have no voice together in supportive companionship whilst they learn a skill which can give them financial independence. Through the centre the women often become empowered in other ways, standing up to physical abuse.
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,830
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $170
Total Funding Goal: $5,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
We work in areas of great poverty where sometimes it is difficult for people to see hope. Women can be terribly isolated often with no one to turn to for help or support. This project brings women together and gives them new found strength and hope.
Before I was alone, I had no one outside my family to talk to. Now I have friends and I am learning to sew, my husband does not beat me any more as the women got together to stop the men drinking.
- Lalia Devi, Sewing centre member
Nick Hansen
Project Liason Officer
Gyan Vikas Centre
Dhobi Gaya Rd
Bodhgaya, Bihar 824231
India
0631 2230212
Email:
People First Educational Charitable Trust
Gyan Vikas Centre Dhobi
Gaya Rd,
Bihar
824231
India
00919934054182
http://www.peoplefirstindia.net
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This project is located in 
India
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India.
This project was last updated on November 25, 2009.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 23, 2009
By Laxmi Devi - Womens sewing centre member, November 25, 2009 11:33 AM
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