Among nine family members including three brothers and four sisters, Sadiya Khatoon is more responsible for her family’s livelihood. She used to weave lungis and gamcchas with her family members at home and could run the charkha with perfection. About a month ago when team bank-e-loom, in Saidanpur in Uttar Pradesh conducted social mobilisation among…
Niyaz Waris is a resident of Saidanpur, located at about 30 km from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. Three years ago, Niyaz left school after completing his 8th and started helping his family. His work included managing a vegetable shop which was the only source of family income. During one of the community mobilisations when the CIRC team…
At a young age of 10, Muskan Verma, a native of Saidanpur in district Barabanki of Uttar Pradesh, can do more with a computer than her any other friend. A student of 6th standard, she joined CIRC Saidanpur after meeting with the centre mobilisation team. She started attending digital literacy classes regularly and now she…
CIRC Barpali is one of the Digitkala Weaver Cluster of Odisha, The objective of this centre is to enhance livelihoods by introducing digital designing skills in to traditional weaving. Anima Pradhan, Coordinator of CIRC Barpali along with volunteers has been conducting mobilisation and awareness walks within her village as well as the neighbouring villages of…
