Samsung India trains 200 women in tailoring to promote sustainable livelihoods in Sriperumbudur
Samsung India has launched a tailoring training program for 200 women in villages near its Sriperumbudur facility to foster sustainable livelihoods. Participants receive hands-on training and a sewing machine to help them establish independent businesses.
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Samsung India is helping women from the villages of Santhavallur and Sirumangadu, near its Sriperumbudur facility, build sustainable livelihoods through a tailoring training programme.
Around 200 women from these villages are receiving two months of hands-on tailoring training. The programme combines practical stitching skills with basic entrepreneurship guidance. Upon completing the course, every participant receives a sewing machine, allowing her to immediately begin working from home or establish a small tailoring enterprise within her community.
“Many women joined the programme with little or no formal tailoring experience. Today, they are confidently stitching garments, taking customer orders and thinking about how to build a steady income,” said K. Kumari, tailoring trainer for the programme in Santhavallur.
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