Paving Career Towards Entrepreneur
Shanti Sarki a permanent resident of Malam, Dadeldhura is a self employed young girl in tailoring occupation. Since participating in Tailoring training conducted by UCEP Nepal in financial support from Finn Church Aid (FCA) her life has changed. There are seven members in her family depending on agriculture as core household income. She belongs to former bonded labours (Haliya) that have limited lands and work in other people’s farm for their livelihood. Shanti never had the chance to pursue her studies after completing secondary school as her parents are poor. Before enrolling in tailoring training, she was unemployed and was searching for job in her home town.
She came to know about the vocational training being offered for former bonded laborers by UCEP Nepal through her brother. She appeared in the interview of Tailoring training and was selected for four months Mobile training at Dadeldhura. She persuaded her family for enrollment in training as she was determined to open her own tailoring shop after the completion of training. She very much enjoyed her training period and was very eager to learn during her training. “After training she was sent in a local shop for her On the Job training (OJT). She says OJT provider did not believed her that she can sew and cut new clothes properly, so she started cutting and sewing old clothes of her own which also helped in removing fear of failure of cutting and sewing new clothes of other people at that time.
After she graduated from UCEP Nepal, she started her own shop at Malam, Dadeldhura in her home town. She is employing her skills and knowledge of training in her business. Today she is earning about Nrs. 12,000 per month and saving some of her earnings for buying new updated interlock machine. She is also supporting her family expenditures through her income. Furthermore, she wants to have more skills and knowledge on sewing shirts, pants and coats so that she can generate further income in her field.
