NGO for Women Empowerment | SERUDS
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Donate for Women Empowerment, Education, Livelihood Training
Why Women Empowerment is Crucial in India
Women in India continue to face significant discrimination and inequality. This has resulted in stark disparities in education, income, wealth, and health. Consider the following statistics:
The literacy rate for men in India is 80.9%, while for women, it is just 64.6%.
Women’s participation in the labor force is only 29%.
These figures highlight the urgent need for women empowerment to bridge these gaps and create a more equitable society.
The Meaning of Women Empowerment
Women empowerment means giving women independence and the freedom to make choices about how they want to live their lives. This includes:
Pursuing education
Deciding whom to marry
Choosing a career
Raising children
Making other critical life decisions
When empowered, women can identify their skills, knowledge, and abilities to make decisions that affect their lives positively. Empowerment is a continuous growth process that boosts self-esteem, builds confidence, and enables women to contribute meaningfully to community development.
SERUDS Initiatives for Women Empowerment in Andhra Pradesh
SERUDS Women Development activities aim to empower women so that they can earn their own incomes or become entrepreneurs. We provide sustainable livelihood opportunities through training programs in Computer Software Skills, Tailoring & Embroidery, and Fashion Designing. Additionally, we offer financial support by arranging loans and providing free sewing machines and sewing kits.
Computer Training
There is significant demand for computer-trained professionals in Kurnool town and other districts of Andhra Pradesh. To meet this demand, SERUDS has developed a computer education project as part of its skills development initiative.
Every financial year we select 50 deserving poor youth to impart 6 months software training.
Since 2006 we have trained 600 youth & girls. We have provided employment opportunities to 400 youth & girls and helped to 80 youth and girls to get loans with the banks and other financial institutions to start their own business.
How you can support computer training for jobs for Women:
- We request you to donate for sustainable livelihood training to educated unemployed youth.
- Sponsor to train one person in Computer Skills Training for one month Rs.1500.
- Sponsor six-month Computer Training for one person Rs.7000.
Fashion Designing Training
We provide training in fashion designing to help poor women find employment or establish their own businesses or micro-enterprises. The six-month course, with a batch size of 20 students, covers basic cutting, fashion designing, tailoring, and zari work. To date, 200 women in Kurnool District have received theoretical and practical training in dressmaking.
Training in Tailoring & Embroidery
We offer a three-month training program on Tailoring & Embroidery to women every quarter. Upon completion, participants receive a free branded sewing machine and tool kit.
To encourage women’s empowerment, we assist them in:
- Establishing units for production
- Purchasing raw materials
- Selling finished products
How to sponsor vocational training in Tailoring & Embroidery for women:
- Cost of Sewing Machine Rs. 5500
- Raw material & tool kit for 3 months training Rs.3000
- Total Sponsoring Amount for one woman INR 7,500
Women's Education
The need for women’s education in India is critical. In India, nearly 40% of adolescent girls in the age group of 15-18 years are not attending school. It is only through education that women can become independent and self reliant.
SERUDS is working for women’s education through multiple programs :
- Sponsorship of Education of Girls
- Distribution of free school education kit
- Reproductive Health, Maternal Health Care, Newborn Child Health Care.
- Providing free sanitary pads to girls
