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TBB BUREAU
JODA/BARBIL, SEPT 21, 2022
JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), recently launched a Tailoring Training-cum-Production Centre at Jan Jeevika Kendra of JSP Pellet Plant in Deojhar Gram Panchayat, Barbil, reaching out to aspiring underprivileged women from the tribal predominant region of Joda-Barbil in Keonjhar District.
The centre was inaugurated by JSP Pellet Plant Unit Head Brij Badhadra in the presence of Deojhar Gram Panchayat Sarpanch Dhurba Charan Naik and Panchayat Samiti Member Laxmi Munda.
As a part of the ‘Sustainable Livelihood & Women Empowerment’ program of the JSP Foundation, the Centre was started to provide skill development and employment opportunities for the tribal women through quality training and infrastructural support for the generation of sustainable livelihood options for them. Women from the local communities can enrol for six-month tailoring training programme at this centre, wherein 60 women can be trained in two batches every year. In the first batch, 30 women have been enrolled. The Foundation will provide all possible support to the trained women in garment production, and also help them in reaching out to buyers by improving market linkages for their products.
In his address at the inaugural ceremony, Badhadra said, “This initiative by JSP Foundation will provide tribal women with much needed skills of tailoring that would help them in becoming financially sustained to support their family. This program would make a life-changing difference in the lives of these women. We are quite happy about the Foundation for initiating this tailoring training centre in this location.”
Commenting upon the development, Company’s President & Group Head CSR & Head Corporate Communications – Odisha, Prashant Hota said, “The holistic development of communities around is at the core of our business philosophy. Our constant endeavour is to reach every section of the community through our structured CSR initiatives which are need based and operate in a 360 degree mode. This Training-cum-Production unit is our another initiative out of many others, which will be empowering the underprivileged tribal women of this region.”
