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Gandhi Ashram trains refugee women
Karthik Madhavan
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Dozen-odd women being taught basket weaving
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Photo: M. Govarthan
Learning session: Sri Lankan refugee women undergoing training in palm basket weaving organised by Gandhi Ashram, Tiruchengode. —
TIRUCHENGODE: Off the Tiruchengode-Paramathivellore Road, opposite a Sri Lankan refugee camp, a group of women is busy trying their hands at basket weaving.
Two trainers instruct the dozen-odd women, who carry out the orders by cutting the palm leaves and deftly bending the cut leaves between two other leaves. The women, Sri Lankan refugees from the Paramathivellore camp, have been at it for the past two days to augment the family income.
Amount
“The Rs. 600 the women will get in a month is a big amount, considering the fact that the average income of the household in the camp is not more than Rs. 2,000,” says V. Kamaleswari, a refugee who is coordinating the training.
The training, a week-long programme, is given by the Gandhi Ashram-Tiruchengodu along with the Jana Shikshan Sansthan, Namakkal, a Union Ministry of Human Resource Development-sponsored organisation.
The vice-president of the Ashram, S. Aravamudhan, says the Ashram will train the women, provide the raw materials and also buy back the baskets, for which the Ashram will pay 50 paise for a basket. That is not all.
Gift
Mr. Aravamudhan says, “If the women weave 300 baskets a week for 40 weeks in a year, the Ashram will gift each of them a silk saree.”
The women will get to weave the baskets round the year, as the Ashram has a weekly requirement of 5,000 baskets a day.
The Ashram uses the baskets to pack its incense sticks, which have a roaring sale in the region.
Project Director of the Sansthan K. Santhanam says this has been one of the organisation’s efforts in providing employment to the women.
And, already the training has had an impact on the women. “Most of them enjoy the work, as it can be executed at home, while watching television,” says Ms. Kamaleswari.
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