ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): As many as 50 women have been trained
in Gujranwala under the Entrepreneurship and Stitching Skill
Enrichment program, launched reorganizing women capabilities for
generating income organized by AGAHI in collaboration with Islamabad
Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IWCCI).
The two-day program will women how to professionally take
measurements, handle the cloth cutting process, and other modern
techniques pertinent to their target audiences preferences, said a
news release on Monday.
The entrepreneurship part of the programme educated women about
how they can start their businesses from home. In addition to this,
the women were trained about the importance of networking, business
ethics, time commitment, budgeting strategies, and record keeping
were taught.
The programme also highlighted the importance of distributing
business cards and brochures to attract more customers.
Ms.Najma Bano, Principal Allama Iqbal Memorial High
School, is spear heading the trainings.
Puruesh Chaudhary, Founder and President AGAHI said,
“AGAHI has established a partnerships with IWCCI for this very
essential purpose, to improve the human capital and industry
standards through knowledge-based initiatives and workshops.
She further added that this training program will be first of
many to come to give direction, knowledge and guidance to empower
women”.
The trainers for this program included Samina Fazil,
Founding president IWCCI, with a gold medal in her master’s degree,
a diploma in Fashion Designing from School of Fashion,Toronto,
Canada, and Naima Ansari, Vice President of Federation Pakistan
Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Naima Ansari, Vice President of Federation Pakistan Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, Trainer, said that the women in Gujranwala
have a lot of potential which if utilized right can add a lot of
country’s economy.
She further added that after the trained women are now capable
enough to independently start their own businesses within their
available resources.
Amna Sabahat, Program Manager AGAHI, said that the purpose of
this project to provide the required training to women living in
these districts so that they can create a better life for themselves
and their families.
The training programme will empower and build capacity of
total 300 women in order to assist them in creating and operating
small-scale entrepreneurial start-ups in Gujranwala, Sahiwal,
Hyderabad/Latifabad and Kotri.
The program will also assist women in establishing industry
linkages and will provide 300 sewing machines to the selected 300
women under this program.
AGAHI is a not for profit organization established in
Islamabad in 2011 under the Society Registration Act 1860. Its
primary function is to create non-paid communication strategies,
conduct workshops, content intelligence structures, development
collaterals and tools for diverse sectors and organizations.