Women’s Empowerment Project, Nursinghpur -2002

AIWEFA successfully completed a joint venture project with the Sat Krishna Trust in 2002. AIWEFA provided the expertise and facilitated the teaching in a programme for empowerment of women in village Narsinghpur, Gurgaon. The project involved capacity building through education in legal awareness, health and nutrition and included elements of income generation. The women were taught to knit mufflers and make blanket patches. Fifteen sewing machines were installed for the women to learn sewing under the guidance of a specialist teacher who visited the village twice a week. Many crafts were also taught to the participants.