By Fr. Thomas P.D | Director, Don Bosco Veedu Society
Paper & Cloth bag training
The motto of the training was “Think Green, It’s a good idea”. The KEEN producted conducted a five days of training in paper and cloth bag making. The training program was innagurated by Fr. Thomas P.D.
Total Participants: 26 women
Among the participants, 32 percent of the women are homemakers. They appeared for the training since they are free from their household activities usually by 10 A.M, since their husband goes for work and children goes to school. They decided to join the training to spend their lesuire time on paper/cloth bag making and their earning an income for the family.
About 24 percent of the women participants were recently seperated. The seperation made them in a large financial crisis. They were unable to look after their dependents. Due to lack of resources, they could not find any livelihood ventures too.This result in joining the training and their by enhancing the skill for a better self- employment option.
Likewise 20 percent of the participants attended the training are mothers with toddlers, having less support from their family to look after the toddler. The passion of the participants to learn paper/ cloth bag they came for the training with their toddlers and somehow they managed to complete the training.
About 16 percent of the women partcipants are widows, who did not opt second marriage, looking after their children, they goes for domestic work in the nearby flats and Apartments and are earning very little. This made them to join the paper and cloth bag-training program to make a better living option.
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