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The programme is conceived to provide the participants with a two-year basic education in Hindi, Maths, English, and Arts and Crafts in order to enable them to develop independence and self-esteem. Since the opening of the centre we have worked towards achieving visible progress in all elements of the participants’ education. A considerable number of the women and girls never benefited from a proper education before getting involved with Sambhali Trust. The illiterate participants were taught to read and write and to make simple calculations, while the advanced group significantly improved their English and Hindi conversational skills. This new command of language along with simple subtraction and addition skills gives the women and girls a new and precious independence in daily life situations. In the Arts and Crafts classes different sewing techniques such as embroidery and stitching are taught. Those who have already acquired the necessary skills have started to produce items like salwaars, cloth bags and embroidered elephants and birds for the Sambhali Boutique. Some students of the Payal Empowerment Centre have already successfully accomplished their training and recently started to work at the Graduates’ Sewing Centre where they earn a fair salary and have thus become financially independent.
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