NIRMALA, BOKARO, JHARKHAND

When Nirmala was married off as a child, her husband was still studying in school. Being kids at the time, they were dependent on her husband’s family for literally everything. But the first signs of change happened when Nirmala was gifted a sewing machine by her father. Learning to sew on her own, Nirmala tried to do a few odd jobs and survive but no proper training meant a lot of her work remained unappreciated.

Then Nirmala got to know of the USHA Silai Schools and enthusiastically enrolled for one programme. Not only did her own sewing and stitching improve with the training, Nirmala developed the ‘Learn and Earn model’ for learners attending her USHA Silai School.

Nirmala has now trained more than 100 women and is presently training 25 others. With more work coming in, Nirmala has even employed some of the women to help her in sewing clothes. She now is the financial backbone of her family, keeping them together.

Her children now study in private schoolsand are living lives that Nirmala had only dreamed of.