FA4C donated a new sewing machine to Ms.P.Varalakshmi at Pathikonda Village, Chittoor District on 5th March, 2015

Dear Friends,

Sankalpam Program (Women Empowerment Program):

Ms.P.Varalakshmi is from Pathikonda Village,Gangavaram Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

Husband of Varalakshmi was expired and she had 2 children (girls) who are to be taken care and are to be educated by her. Her earning of Rs.1500 per month is quite difficult to lead a family. Work on sewing machine can help her to earn better so as to educate and to take care of her 2 children.

So, Friends Association for a Change donated a new sewing machine to P.Varalakshmi on 5th March, 2015 at Pathikonda Village, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

                                     Ms.Varalakshmi with her father Venkata Swamy (71 years old) 

Mr.Balakrishna Thumsi (brother of Sreenivasulu Thumsi) donated the sewing machine to Ms.Varalakshmi on behalf of Friends Association for a Change.

We will even provide training on sewing machine to Varalakshmi with the help of a tailor from the same village. We will update you after the training is started.

Back ground verification of P.Varalakshmi is done by our friend Mr.Sreenivasulu Thumsi (whose native is Pathikonda Village).

Contact number of Mr.Sreenivasulu Thumsi: +91-8056126144.

Complete Details of Varalakshmi.P :
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Full Name : Palegari Varalakshmi

Age : 31 years

Father : Venkata Swamy (71 years old)

Mother : Jayamma (Expired)

Husband : Palegari Viswanath (Expired)

Father-in-law : Seshappa (Age 72)

Mother-in-law : Subbamma (Age 62)

Two Children : Poojitha and Varshitha

Education details of children:

Poojitha is studying 8th standard in Zilla Parishad High School, Ponnamasula Palle, Near Pathikonda Village, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

Varshitha is studying 6th standard in Zilla Parishad High School, Pathikonda Village, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh.

Education details of Varalakshmi:

Varalakshmi studied upto Intermediate.

Earnings:

Works part time near grameena bank at pathikonda village. Earns by providing assistance in writing forms/reading documents to uneducated people/dwakra groups etc. Earns around 1,500 rs per month.

Financial status and Family status:

Varalakshmi had a one BHK house constructed at Pathikonda Village under Indiramma (or) Integrated Novel Development In Rural Areas and Model Municipal Areas housing scheme by Andhra Pradesh State Government. So, no rent on house.

Her Father-in-law and mother-in-law (who are old enough) are living with their youngest son in an old house constructed with mud in the same Pathikonda village. They live on their own earning separately.

Varalakshmi had to earn on her own to take care of her 2 children and their education. Father of Varalakshmi (age 72) is also staying with her. To the fact, earning of 1,500 rs per month will be tough to lead a family.

Varalakshmi had a brother who is married and living in Pedda Panjani Village. He is working as a daily labor and his earning is sufficient only to his family.

Is she interested in tailoring?
She is interested in tailoring.

Need a trainer to train on tailoring?
On her own interest, she got trained earlier on sewing machine for a few days. We planned to provide full fledged training to Vara lakshmi in her own village with the help of a tailor.

She can earn and build business on her own by stitching the clothes to the people of her own village.

Address of parents: Pedda Panjani Village and Post, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh. Pin: 517408

Current Address of Varalakshmi: Pathikonda Village and Post, Gangavaram Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

Contact number of Varalakshmi: +91-9573686166.
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Thanks to our friends Mr.Sreenivasulu Thumsi and his brother Mr.Balakrishna Thumsi who took the responsibility on behalf of FA4C in donating the sewing machine to Ms. P.Varalakshmi.

Started training on sewing machine to Ms.Varalakshmi:

P.Varalakshmi attended training on sewing machine from April, 2015 to June, 2015.

She attended the training on daily basis but based on her convenience in timings. She is spending 1 to 2 hours of time on learning ladies tailoring work.

Trainer Details:

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Mrs.Renuka

W/o Jayaprakash Naidu (Expired)

Diguvapeta, Pathikonda Village, Gangavaram Mandal,

Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh.

Mobile: 7036800974.

2 Children:1 boy (studying 4th class in a private school) and 1 girl (studying 2nd class in a govt. school)

Usually the trainer takes 500 rupees advance and 150 rupees per month for providing the training on sewing machines.

The trainer doesn’t have a shop. The training is provided is her own house. She has 2 sewing machines on her own.

One machine is used to train the people and other one is used on her own for working on ladies tailoring for the surrounding people.

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Training fee to Varalakshmi: Free  of cost (Accepted to train Varalakshmi at free of cost on seeing her financial status).

Photograph during her training on ladies tailoring work:

  

Ms.Varalakshmi completed her training on tailoring and started working at her home by stitching clothes to the people of her village. The tailoring work she receive from people of her village is minimum. 

So, along with tailoring work, she is continuing her part time work near Grameena bank at Pathikonda village. Near bank, she earns by providing assistance in writing forms/reading documents to uneducated people/dwakra groups etc. She earns around 1,500 rupees per month near Grameena bank.

Regards,
Friends Association for a Change
(Society No. 587/2012)