Skills, knowledge, and innovation are any country’s three basic driving forces of economic growth and social development. Bangladesh is the eighth most populous country in the world. That means we have an immense opportunity in the human resource sector. Technical Training is essential in ensuring the country’s competitiveness in the global labor market and ensuring decent work for all. The handicraft and Sewing Machine project is an initiative of the Switch Bangladesh Foundation for this course. It will strengthen economic development by creating efficient labor resources in the garment sector. By introducing new approaches such as competency-based training and assessment, structured apprenticeships and recognition of individual’s skill and quality training will create huge opportunities for decent work for all. Bangladesh is a developing country.
Still, about 13% of people in our country live below poverty. A huge number of children here are deprived of basic rights like education. Switch Bangladesh Foundation has been running a school for underdeveloped children since 2016 to ensure these basic rights for all classes of people. But with limited opportunity, we can only provide education till the primary level. After that, they must leave the study due to a lack of financial stability. It’s really a huge loss. Finally, Switch Bangladesh Foundation figured out a solution. To ensure financial stability it decided to train parents of our students and create a potential workforce and to meet this purpose it started this project of sewing training. We named it ‘Switch Craft’. This vulnerable class will get a chance to sew their torn dreams and finally, the school will run on a partner’s donation + 100 % tuition fee + income from knitwear.
Switch Craft provides 3 innovative action training for marginal people’s empowerment.
Tailoring, Cutting, and Sewing Training is a 3-month long training session for fresher women who learn the basics of cutting and sewing like scissoring, machine introduction, cloth cutting measurement, use of inch tape, and sewing new fabrics in different shapes.
In handicraft training trainees learn and practice methods of making antique goods like Nokshi Kantha, designing in bags, Hand fan design, bedsheets, Cushion covers, pillow covers, Walmart, etc.
In the Production step, trainees learn the production of antique goods by recycling and upcycling process from old or unnecessary clothes from the 10tk khusi project. They collect chains, hooks, and buttons from unnecessary shirts and pants and use them in producing new products. They use sarees from 10tkay khusi to produce new clothes like one piece, two pieces, Panjabi, and couple dresses.
Tailoring, Cutting and Sewing Training
Handicrafts
Production by Recycling and Upcycling
Switch Bangladesh Foundation Provide technical training non formal education as well as the confidence and access to financial service that is necessary for them to become financially independent.
One of the most beautiful scenery of all is school going kids with bags in their arms. In normal sense those bag carries books or other reading-writing materials. Actually they are carrying hope for a better future of the country. When a kid stops going school, this hope dies. The main objective of our plan is to keep this hope alive for ever and make the dream of Sonar Bangla comes true.
We planned to create skilled working force and give the under privileged group a decent life. So that they don’t have to stop their children going school due to financial condition.
Our key objectives are:
Skills, knowledge and innovation are the three basic driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country. Bangladesh is the eighth most populous country in the world. That means we have an immense opportunity in human resource sector.
Technical Training is essential in ensuring the country’s competitiveness in the global labor market and ensuring decent work for all. The handicraft and Sewing Machine project is an initiative of the Switch Bangladesh Foundation to this course.
It will strengthen economic development by creating efficient labor resources in garments sector. By introducing new approaches such as competency-based training and assessment, structured apprenticeships and recognition of individual’s skill and quality training will create huge opportunity to decent work for all.
Bangladesh is a developing country. Still about 13% people of our country are living below poverty. A huge number of children here are deprived of basic rights like education. To ensure this basic rights for the all classes people Switch Bangladesh Foundation is running a school for the under developed children since 2016.
But with limited opportunity we can only provide education till primary level. After that they have to leave study due to lack of financial stability. It’s really a huge loss.
Finally Switch Bangladesh Foundation figured out a solution. To ensure financial stability it decided to train parents of our students and create potential work force and to meet this purpose it started this project of sewing training. We named it ‘Switch Kraft’. Where this vulnerable class will get a chance to sew their teared dreams and finally school will runs on partner’s donation + 100 % tuition fee + income from knitwear.
This is one of the major activities of Switch Bangladesh Foundation among others. Since 2019, the project activity started with the seed capital amounting to Tk. 2.0 Lac given by the Rotary Club of Shahbagh for providing the financial development of the families of Switch School Students which has been established by Switch Foundation, Bangladesh.
The objective of the project was to ensure the financial support of the Guardians of switch school students for their family developments which will ensure the children’s nutritional deficiency / food security.
Only the Guardians are eligible to have this facility of financial support for their existing business- for capital enhancement or to start small business like; sales vegetables, fruits, seasonal cake/ Pitha shop or tea-stall etc. The emphasis been given to the existing businesses they have and the new idea as well. The special unit of Switch Bangladesh Foundation taken the responsibilities of Guardians selection for providing financial support & the repayment in regular basis as well.
The initial financial support amount was of Tk. 5,000/= which will have to be returned by weekly installment within 25 weeks regularly without any service charge or Interest and incentives were declared for regular payment to make the amount double in next time which made them encouraged to ensure the repayment in time. It was also announced that anyone will have the opportunity to continue the facilities as long as they need if repayment in regular basis as agreed during taken the amount which is also flexible for case to case after 1st time.
Following is the few of success stories “Guardians of Switch School Student’s”
During the covid 19 crisis many of the small traders of Dhaka’s Dipnagar, Dhaka Uddan , Mohammadpur Slum area lost their livelihoods. That time ,we witch Bangladesh Foundation come forward to help the unfortunate and give them a chance to get back in Business. We supported around 60 tiny business men and women those who are lost all of their money for covid situation and all are returned to their previous profession , and starting their business again , The only condition for them to receiving this money, they will sell their products to the people in fair price.
Firoja Begum:
Firoja Begum is the grandmother of Zahidul Islam, a student of Switch School who has lost his parents in early age & grew up with his grandmother. Firoja had a Pitha shop on the road side and from those earnings she maintained the family along with her grandson. She has taken financial support from Swabolombi Project (FDP) of Tk. 5,000/= for 1st time in 2019 and started the work in new dimension. She then continued to repay the amount & finally taken Tk.15, 000/= in 5th times for the business and running her family in a better way than before. Finally, she has purchased a Rikshaw which been pulled up by her son and earned monthly @ 10-12 thousand taka along with Pitha shop.
Nazma Begum:
Nazma Begum is the mother of Eliza Akter Liza, a student of Switch School and lives in a slum adjacent to the school. Father of Eliza got another marriage and left them with her mother along with 02 daughters both of them are in Switch School students. Nazma Begum had a small vegetable shop which was difficult for her to maintain the family & education as well. She included in Swabolombi Project & taken Tk. 5000/= for the 1st time which she continued till now. Now she has taken Tk. 15,000/= for the 4th time and maintained her family in a better way than earlier.
Helena Begum:
Helena Begum is the mother of Rahima Akter who is a student of Switch School & she was working in a Garments factory. There are 04 children in their family and she took 1st time Tk. 5,000/= which been given to her son for vegetables shop on the road side. Gradually repaid the amount & taken 2nd times Tk.10,000/= for the same business on a VAN CAR which was the turning point of their family. Now Helena Begum taken Tk.20,000/= and running the business in a better way in a goal to have a fixed shop of Garments Clothing’s.
Piali Mojumder:
Piali Mojumder is a minority woman and owner of a tea stall noACw. Having two children and then unemployed husband, all financial burden of the family rested upon her shoulder. At the starting she used to sell tea and bettel leaf in the footpath and supply cow milk to neighbors. Being an honest and hardworking woman, she obtained Tk. 5000 to rent a tea stall and buy goods for her business. But due to Covid-19 pandemic she lost her business capital. Again, we provide Tk 4000 to her business and she recovered with significant amount of profit daily. Now she wants to get a trade license and expand her business of delivering pure milk to families in her area. Recently she received another Tk.10,000 from us to buy batteries for her autorickshaws. Her two sons and daughters are going to school now. We also bear some educational expenses of her younger son
Fajila:
Fazila is a struggling woman who sells tea from early morning to mid night at Chandrima Housing, Mohammadpur. Her husband lost his job in the Corona pandemic and sat empty-handed after exhausting all the capital she had in the store. Then we bought various things including tea, cigarettes and bakery items for 5000 taka to do his business. Then Fazila started the shop again with her husband and earning enough to lead her livelihood. Besides we have been collaborating with her family every month for the education of one of Fazila’s two children. Making children educated is now the main goal of his life.
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