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| Self Help Groups help JK girls turn dreams into reality | | Abhishek | | Jammu, Mar 8
On this Women’s Day Manmeet Kour from Jammu, Tabassum from Kupwara and Shamshad from Kishtwar feel emancipated and truly empowered they feel that the world is at their feet today.
All this has become possible due to the new skill and training, which has been imparted to them by the Jammu and Kashmir Women Development Corporation under the self-help group schemes launched in the state.
Manmeet Kour, member of Lotus Self Help Group, while talking to Early Times, said that they had been greatly benefited by the scheme launched by the JKWDC.
“I did not know anything about business and trade nor I had any expertise in making any thing which could be sold”, she said, adding that the training, which she had undergone, had changed the world for her.
Twenty girls belonging to the Lotus Group have learnt to make glass paintings, Screen painting, tie and dye products and they are also planning to take individual loans from the JKWDC and pool this money for setting up a small scale business.
An interesting thing that was revealed during the interaction with these girls is the fact that they come from all strata of the society and are not restricted to the weaker sections.
One girl, who is getting trained under this scheme, said, “My parents were totally against joining the Self Help Group, but I persisted and joined the group and today the benefits are accruing”. It was difficult to get two square meals for the family but now I feel confident that earning livelihood would not be a difficult task, she added.
All the girls trained by JKWDC were managing their stalls and selling the products made by them with rare confidence and poise. These stalls were set up in the Jammu University Campus as part of Women’s Day celebration.
The girls are being trained in different skills by the Kalamkari Centre in collaboration with JKWDC, informed Subash Langeh, a teacher working with these girls. He informed that thirteen groups comprising 30 girls each. The girls have come from thirteen districts
of the state particularly the farflung areas of the state.
“The girls participating in the scheme are very enthusiastic and willing to learn”, said Langeh adding that little help from the society and government can help them to become top-class entrepreneurs.
The girls from Kashmir in particular are very enthusiastic about this project as they are getting lot of exposure in terms of skill building as well as setting up linkages and communication with people outside the valley. “I feel the world has opened new avenues to us”, said Tabassum from border district of Kupwara.
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