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BIS #5636 MAKING WOMEN THE BREADWINNERS
By Father Richard Burkhao
AURANGABAD, SEP 13, 2018: Twenty-two women from 20 different villages of Gangapur Taluka in Aurangabad attended a training programme on handmade jewellery which was organised at Don Bosco Waluj, Aurangabad on September 9.
Most of the attendees were associated with Self Help Groups, supported and guided by the Salesians of Don Bosco in the villages. Sunita Tambe, working with Don Bosco Shelter, Wadala, Mumbai, was the resource person for the seminar.
She caters to the medical assistance of the street children in Mumbai and also teaches youth various types of handmade articles and jewellery. The programme in Aurangabad began with a short prayer service led by Father Richard Burkhao, the administrator of Don Bosco, Waluj.
Sangeeta Pandit, a staff member working with Don Bosco, welcomed the gathering. Father Pratap Damor, in-charge of Don Bosco, Waluj, introduced the resource person and felicitated her. He then addressed the gathering, explaining the purpose of the training programme.
Tambe led participants through her sessions, teaching them to make four handmade jewellery pieces, namely bangles, earrings, and two types of necklaces. In a short feedback session at the end, the women said that they had benefited from the seminar.
"Besides doing my house works, now I can start a small business so that I too can support my family and reduce the load of my husband," Sunita Nanasaheb Chape, a participant, said.
Most of the attendees were associated with Self Help Groups, supported and guided by the Salesians of Don Bosco in the villages. Sunita Tambe, working with Don Bosco Shelter, Wadala, Mumbai, was the resource person for the seminar.
Tambe led participants through her sessions, teaching them to make four handmade jewellery pieces, namely bangles, earrings, and two types of necklaces. In a short feedback session at the end, the women said that they had benefited from the seminar.