Solar Charkha- Training Centre To Enable Women To Earn - A Step Taken By Dr. H. P. Kanoria

The hands that used to wash dishes once are now cutting the threads to be independent by getting hold of the ‛charkha’

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Baby Devi, Anamika Jha and Rani Devi, the ladies of Barhiya who were once confined to take care of their households are now taking up training for solar power based 'charkhas’ or spinning wheels. Their enthusiasm show how they deeply care for their children and households. This is helping them take a step forward towards forgetting their woes by getting a higher degree in terms of the skills of spinning threads or yarns. Apart from them 200 other women are also taking up the initiative of learning the same. Barhiya, once known for criminals and their crimes, is now recognised as a centre of women empowerment. Women are now eager to come out of their houses to become independent. Their mindsets are changing towards being self-sufficient. For the primary level, 200 women in four different shifts are learning the process of thread spinning. In the second stage, 200 women are extracted out of the lot after selection although more than