Excellent NIRD field visit
Recently we had an excellent NIRD Full-Day field visit hiring a bus as part of our women empowerment workshops. They excited so much seeing various technologies for employment
More than 70 women participated from our workshops. Some of them women said they asked their husbands take a leave for work to take care of their children since this kind of opportunities are rare for them.
They saw below 10 Units run by NIRD partners:
1. Homebased products making unit
2. Soya & millets food products
3. beekeeping units
4. vermi compost
5. jewellery unit
6. handmade paper
7. Herbal cosmetics
8. Solar energy units
9. Natural dye
10. Leaf plates making units
Our workshops on Khan Academy and other free online learning resources. Gave them ideas how technology is a power tool to improve children learning outcomes. I also created awareness about C.C.E effective Teaching Methodology that should be followed in the schools replacing the traditional rote learning practices but unfortunately as per the state Education dept. reports most of the teachers in private & Govt not having the knowledge of 
Our women empowering workshop on critical educational issues. In this session we shared ideas on how to fix our failing school education, parent’s responsibilities to demand quality education for their children and what we can do together.