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Nanhi-Yaara Foundation centre to train and empower women: Harsimrat Badal

By Julian Ayzman July 25, 2018 1 min read

Badal (Muktsar), March 9, 2018: The Nanhi Chaan Foundation today tied up with an international philanthropist to establish the Nanhi Yaara Foundation in this village to train and financially empower women to stand on their own feet.

Inauguration of the Nanhi Yaara Foundation centre in Badal village

The centre, which was inaugurated by Union food processing minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today, aims to train women in sewing, embroidery, tailoring and allied crafts, and to give them a platform to set up their own business or work for the centre full time.

Speaking on the occasion, Mrs Badal thanked Yaara Foundation head Ms Candy Mashmoor for coming up with the concept and deciding to partner with Nanhi Chaan to establish the centre at Badal village. The union minister said that since Ms Mashmoor had experience marketing handicrafts through a similar centre she had established in China, the project offered a unique opportunity for the economic empowerment of women in the area.

Giving details about the project, Ms Mashmoor said the centre would be run on a no profit, no loss basis. She said the centre would train women in handicraft making and build on their natural skills to make items like durries and juttis. "These items will be sold in the international market and the resultant profit will be distributed among the women," she added.

The centre will also recruit women as full time paid workers once they complete their training, so they leave the program employed. Ms Simran Singh, who is also part of the Nanhi Chaan Foundation collaboration, spoke on the occasion and said the centre would open a day care for small children accompanying their mothers, where the children will also be taught.

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Julian Ayzman — we design organic cotton, linen and wool textiles and work with the same artisan partners in India who make them. Cleveland, Ohio.