As part of its social welfare initiatives undertaken to develop an alternate self sustained way of life, the Indian Army launched free tailoring and stitching classes for women of sarawah , Thakrai Kishtwar district.
The project is aimed at emancipating economic conditions and helping the women earn a livelihood through self employment. This training will include basic stitching, measurements and marketing of finished products.
This novel training programme is a pilot project wherein unemployed women beneficiaries have been selected to show the collective strength of women by forming a Self Help Group (SHG). Number of womens were selected to undergo the tailoring course at village for a duration of two months.
The beneficiaries include women who are victims of terrorist attacks, family members of permanently incapacitated/ killed terrorists and females below poverty line. This initiative will provide mentorship and handheld support to the Self Help Group enhancing greater capability for self employment in future.