Rupa learns tailoring for her son’s future

Rupa is the proud mother to an eight-year-old boy, who she has cared for singlehandedly since her husband abandoned her shortly after her son’s birth. Despite the fact that she is barely able to make ends meet, she does all that she can to ensure that her son will have the brightest future possible. Rupa lives in a joined family with her brothers and their families, and cooks food for a catering service, earning about 1,500 rupees ($35) per month.

Last year, Rupa joined AIC’s Basic Tailoring class, to learn the foundations of tailoring. After that six month course was finished, she graduated to AIC’s Intermediate Tailoring class, where she continues to learn more advance sewing and embroidery techniques. Rupa loves the class, and can often be found putting in extra time on the machines at the AIC Health and Community centre while her son is at school, since she knows that she has to get as much practice as possible to realize her goal of starting her own small tailoring business.

In addition, she just appeared for her 10th standard board exams last month, after having dropped out of school more than 10 years ago, so that she can finally have a secondary school diploma. Given her hard work and determination to provide for her son, there is no doubt that Rupa will successfully achieve her tailoring goals!

Your generous donations, Shawn and Mac (x5) will enable AIC to bear the cost of Rupa’s tailoring course.

Thank you so much for your support that will ensure that Rupa continues to learn a marketable skill that will help her secure her son’s future!