Chitral Vocational Training Case Study Essay

Case Study Sabira Bibi Persistance and perserverence always yield results SABIRA BIBI IS FROM CHINAR colony IN MASTUJ, UPPER CHITRAL. SHE GOT MARRIED IN 1994 AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 16 TO GULISTAN KHAN WHO WAS past EMPLOYED IN THE CHITRAL SCOUTS. AS HER HUSBAND WAS MUCH OLDER, HE RETIRED IN 2003 BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO determine THEIR calendar monthLY EXPENSES SINCE THEY OWNED LAND.IN 2008, TRAGEDY STUCK THE FAMILY WHEN THE YARKHOON RIVER WASHED AWAY THEIR HOME AND ALL 8 KANALS OF THEIR productive LAND. SABIRA BIBI AND HER FAMILY MOVED IN WITH HER HUSBANDS BROTHER BUT LIVING ON HERHUSBANDS 5000 RUPEE PENSION WAS PROVING TO BE DIFFICULT. SABIRA BIBI FELT VERY HELPLESS AS SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO fatten HER EDUCATION AND ALSO FELT THAT LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES ARE LIMITED FOR WOMEN AS THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT need WOMEN WORKING OUTSIDE THEIR HOME.SABIRA BIBI HAS MADE SURE ALL HER DAUGHTERS ARE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, HER ELDEST DAUGHTER IS soon COMPLETING B. COM AND THE REST ARE IN MIDDLE AND a ctARY SCHOOL. SHE TOLD US THEY ARE EXCELLENT IN THEIR STUDIES AND SHE WOULD LIKE ALL OF THEM TO GO TO COLLEGE.Cross stitch used to make book marks WHEN SABIRA BIBI LEARNT THAT vocational TRAINING ON LOCAL EMBROIDERY AND HANDICRAFT PRODUCTION FOR 25 WOMEN WAS BEING OFFERED BY FIDA IN MASTUJ, SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY OF UTILIZING HER EXISTING SKILLS IN LOCAL EMBROIDERY. WHEN SHE INITIALLY apply FOR A POSITION IN THE TRAINING HER APPLICATION WAS REJECTED AS SHE DID NOT MEET THE token(prenominal) EDUCATION CRITERIA AS PARTICIPANTS WERE EXPECTED TO READ AND WRITE. SABIRA BIBI MET WITH HER LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION MEMBERS AS SHE WAS VERY maladjusted AND WANTED THEM TOCONSIDER HER AS A SPECIAL CASE.FIDAS TEAM THEN CALLED HER FOR A SECOND INTERVIEW AND REALIZED SHE WAS VERY SKILLED IN LOCAL EMBROIDERY. SABIRA BIBI TOOK PART IN THE ONE MONTH TRAINING AND LEARNT HOW TO USE HER EMBROIDERY SKILLS TO MAKE SMALL HANDICRAFT PRODUCTS LIKE BOOK MARKS AND draw CASES.BEFORE THE TRAIN ING, SABIRA BIBI WAS ABLE TO MAKE TRADITIONAL BRIDAL CAPS FOR WOMEN BUT say IT WAS VERY TIME consuming AND DIFFICULT TO SELL AS PEOPLE ONLY BOUGHT THEM FOR WEDDINGS. BY LEARNING HOW TO MAKE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS, SABIRA BIBI SAID IT WILL BEEASIER TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS.Bookmarks made during the training Sabira bibi receiving her certificate from the trainer Sabira bibi told us I am hopeful to generate enough income to pay for my childrens education and save for building our own home. I will always pray for FIDAs success. It is one of only organizations that is selecting people establish on merit and I was able to explore my talent through them and am thankful to my union organization for providing me with such an opportunity. Mobile pouches made during the training.