Our partner out of Kerala India, Archana Women Center (AWC), recently expanded their programing to include training in Welding.

This new training joins a craft trades list consisting of Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical, Grass Cutting, and Taxi Driving. In addition, AWC trains women in the praticail skills of use of computers, karate for self-defense, digital skills, basic financial accounting, how to file a legal case, how to  attend a  phone call and making welcome speeches.

The article highlights how “AWC has played a pioneering role in demonstrating a holistic approach to women’s empowerment by addressing financial independence, along with emotional, social and physical empowerment. They have demonstrated the revolutionary changes that collectivization and financial independence can make in the lives of women.”