Project Garima

New Hope has launched free tailoring activities with the aim of providing self-employment for economically backward women, adolescent girls, and dropouts of Palampur. Moreover, Project Garima has a tagline “Ek Nayi Pehchan”, which highlights the project’s aim to help women and girls to live dignified life.

In spite of their creative skill, technique and hard work, poverty still hangs like a dead weight over the heads of urban women. This project will empower and develop the skills of large numbers of poor women and adolescent girls in tailoring and embroidery.

The purpose of tailoring training is to open up work possibilities. A training facility with 35 machines (25 small and 10 large), in order to make this ambition reality.

· To train them, we have recruited some trainers. In case there are any issues, a mechanic also engages to fix the equipment.

· The training facility is well furnished with water and other required saitization tools.

· The training will be used to create masks, sleepwear, designing, measuring and cutting; embroidery and frocks with plans to transform this training into a job.

Moreover, Project Garima is a diversification strategy for the establishment of Women’s Entrepreneurial Startups. This initiative helps underprivileged, illiterate women who have the capacity to be powerful but are at a disadvantage financially. Only a shortage of finance means prevents them from realizing their dream.

New Hope created the Garima Project with the tagline “Ek Nayi Pehchan” because we think that “opportunity” is the best gift you can give someone.

Benefit of Project Garima

· They will learn a new skill

· The training will be for 12 months

· After the completion of training and employment, the opportunity will be present it self

· They will receive instructions on how to create various goods and clothing

· Ladies bag making

· Seminar and workshop for file and folders

· Additionally training will increase their ability to market their tailoring units

· Testing and quality assurance

· SHGs and cooperatives for sewing machines

· Administration of SHGs

Girl2B Education support

Out of 38 girls, 27 girls are in the age group of 10 years to 18 years. They get direct benefits of 24 hours care and protection, education, nutrition, medical insurance, health care, counselling support, celebration of their birthdays, life skills training and extended family support.

Achievements

Education: 38 girls were embraced in the empowerment center of Girls2B through protection and home based sponsorship. The girls were provided all the support. 9 girls are in Graduation, 5 girls are in Higher secondary, 6 girls are in class XI, 8 girls are Madhyamik, 8 girls are in middle school and 2 girls are in vocational skills.

Extended Family Support: Humanity is about helping others in need. Girls2B, tries its best to embrace the family members of the children enrolled in the group and help them get out of their misery, be it through providing medical aid or keeping them in old age homes.

Recreational Activities: All the girls under Girl2B project had the pleasure of hoping during puja, educational trips, birthday celebrations, picnic and even the fun of watching movies together.

Overall Growth: Improved educational level, psychological and emotional status, physical health status and extra-curricular skills of the children.