India is home to a wide variety of traditional sports. But over the years we have lost touch with our majestic sporting culture and many sports are even on the verge of dying. To re-familiarise the long-lost sports activities, USHA has stepped up to promote various traditional sports across...
Watch how Usha and Meghalaya Government are giving employment opportunities to women and protecting the environment.
Usha has always worked to improve the status of women in India’s rural areas and now through Promising collaborations, Usha is looking at new possibilities to empower women and help them become entrepreneurs.
From Kerala’s Kalaripayattu, Madhya Pradesh’s Mallakhamba to the rural sports of Punjab’s Qila Raipur, the USHA Silai school has stepped in to promote the forgotten traditional sports activities among women. The organisation is putting together several sporting events in order to promote and refamiliarise diverse array of traditional sports...
Life after serving a sentence in prison barely remains the same, but USHA has taken a step ahead in giving a second chance at life to the prisoners. USHA training centre is imparting stitching and sewing training to the inmates of District Jail Dimapur, in order to enliven the...
The Silai Heroes trained by the USHA Silai School Programme have not only become self-sufficient themselves but are now uplifting other women of their villages too. Watch women entrepreneurs change their own world, and that of others.
USHA Silai schools are training women in traditional forms of embroidery, such as Chikankari, Kantha, etc., teaching them new skills and empowering them to become entrepreneurs. Watch a revival of craft and fortune in this episode of Kushalta Ke Kadam.
While some women are breaking barriers by excelling in traditional forms of martial arts, other women are breaking barriers by fighting social prejudices. Watch how USHA and rural women are playing a key role in organising, promoting and participating in rural sports.
Meet the USHA Silai school heroes who have created a pathway for themselves and uplifted others in learning stitching and sewing skills, despite the physical challenges they have been facing in their lives.
Textile waste has become a menace to the environment. The women of the USHA silai schools are working towards reducing the waste by upcycling old clothes with classic techniques.