PROJECT DETAILS

                                                                                                                                         

PARAS INDIA in partnership with R SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, has set up several Silai (sewing) Schools in various slums of Delhi. It is a community based initiative with the aim of empowering disadvantaged women to become entrepreneurs through sewing skills and setting up sewing schools.

These women then train and mentor other women, creating ripples of changes and a network of independent and enterprising women. Additionally, these silai schools give these women a symbol of identification and dignity.

The project provides women with:

• Training in sewing techniques and machine handling

• A sewing machine to begin their journey

• Skills in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and community outreach

• The opportunity to establish their own Silai Schools, where they can train others, generate income, and become catalysts of change in their villages

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OBJECTIVES:

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• To empower marginalized women through vocational skillset of Sewing

• To nurture grassroots women entrepreneurship by setting up independent SILAI SCHOOLS

• To promote financial inclusion and literacy

• To strengthen community-based, peer-led training ecosystems

• To bridge the gender gap in economic participation

• To foster self-confidence, leadership, and social inclusion

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 ACHIEVEMENTS:

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• Skilled and Empowered Hundreds of Women
  Trained a significant number of women in tailoring, enabling them to become self-reliant and contribute to family income.

• Established Functioning Home-Based Silai Schools
  Successfully set up multiple Silai Schools operated by trained women from their homes, offering stitching services and training to others in their communities.

• Creation of Women Micro-Entrepreneurs
  Transformed women from economically and socially weaker backgrounds into confident micro-entrepreneurs managing their own small businesses.

• Peer-to-Peer Training Model implemented
  Built a network of women trainers who further trained others in their neighborhoods, ensuring wide grassroots outreach and sustainability.

• Enhanced Household’s Livelihood Security, Health and Education indicators
  Improved the financial stability of hundreds of families by enabling women to earn regular incomes from stitching orders and training fees.

• Boosted Women’s Social Status and Confidence
  Increased community recognition and self-confidence among women who were previously confined to domestic roles.

• Contributed to SDG Goals
  Advanced multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Gender Equality (SDG 5), Decent Work (SDG 8), and No Poverty (SDG 1).