Training on modern basket and crochets making, covering a total of seven villages under Sakshi block was held in Longleng. (DIPR Photo)
Longleng, February 24 (MExN): District Administration & Mahila Shakti Kendra Longleng conducted skill training on modern basket and crochets making, covering a total of seven villages under Sakshi block. It was held at Guest House, EAC HQ Sakshi block, Longleng from February 19 to 23. The trainers were Sangla Phom and Hemnyam Phom. A total of 25 people availed the training.
The main target group was school dropout girls and unemployed women to provide adequate training, to create opportunities for women and girl child to enhance their skill for self-reliance, stated a DIPR report. Addressing the programme, Deputy Commissioner Longleng, M Shayung Phom spoke on the importance of self-employment and encouraged the trainees to open small units with the skills learned from the training, and added that life is a learning process and that one should not stop learning.
SDO (C) Longleng, Trongdiba Sangtam said that various skill-based training should be organized timely to ensure that women, being a vulnerable section of our society, be given such opportunity for self-reliance & to be financially independent.
EAC Sakshi, Ruokuosetuo Tetsoe appreciated MSK Longleng for the effort made in uplifting women folk of the area where most women & girl children are deprived of such privileges.
