Usha Silai School Teacher Gets Second Sewing Machine

23 March 2022, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribagh): Mrs. Mamta Kumari, a beneficiary selected and trained under Usha SIlai School program by NBJK with support of Usha International Limited, has received second sewing machine to enrich her Silai School she runs at her home.

Today Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) handed over a new sewing machine to Mrs. Mamta Kumari at NBJK coordination office and wished her all success.

Mrs. Mamta (26 years) belongs to village-Bodhiya, block-Tatijhariya and district-Hazaribagh. Her husband Mr. Rajesh Rana is a small farmer-cum-carpenter. The couple has two kids as a daughter (5 years) and a son (3 years). Mamta’s daughter goes to a local English medium school.

In February 2021, she has been picked by NBJK staff in her remote village as a potential trainee for 7 days residential Adopt Silai School Teachers Training activity held under the program. Before that she was known to a little about stitching by machine but the training enabled her to be proficient on sewing machine and dexterous with garments making. Also she went to know about minor repairs if the machine breaks down.

After successful completion of training, Mamta got a new sewing machine from UIL as per program’s mandate and started an Usha Silai School. Soon some neighborhood girls have joined her school to learn tailoring. She initiated garments making for village women and the school earned a good reputation gradually.

Within the period of last one year, Mamta has trained 15 girls on tailoring, made a number of different garments for women customers and currently her monthly income dwells in between Rs. 7,000-9,000 as an average.

With help of this second sewing machine, I can enhance volume of my work as well as earnings, she says.