Bhojpur Mahila Kala Kendra

(I) CHILD LABOUR ELIMINATION PROGRAM

(Supported by: Andhri Hilfe, Germany)
The project titled: “Elimination of child labour with the help of SHGs through income generation programs” aims to reduce the child labor cases in the Musahar community of 04 Panchayats namely Hasanpura, Gothaula, Zamira and Pirauta of Ara block in Bhojpur district in Bihar.
OBJECTIVES
▪ To provide child-friendly education among the Musahar children.
▪ To create an environment of learning through adult literacy.
▪ To promote skill development and earning process among Adolescent girls through artificial jewelry making, mushroom cultivation, toy making, and product-based tailoring and stitching work.
▪ To strengthen and form women SHGs with credit linkages.
▪ To promote awareness building on ST/SC Atrocity Act among the community.
▪ To mobilize and tap government schemes and resources for their development.

USHA SILAI SCHOOL PROGRAM
(Supported by: Usha International Ltd., Gurugram)
Usha Silai School Project has been started by BMKK with a vision to spread the culture of learning and training to help poor and marginalized women to generate regular income. The idea was to promote a pool of master trainers, who could further train others on how to do tailoring and stitching. In the villages of Bihar & Jharkhand women have a low status because of their inability to earn.

To empower them, BMKK is running “USHA SILAI SCHOOLS” since 2015 for tailoring training, sewing machine distribution, and entrepreneurship promotion activities. Patna, Bhagalpur, Begusarai, Bhojpur, Vaishali, and Gaya districts of Bihar were covered under this project.
OBJECTIVES
▪ To open up USHA Silai schools in the locality.
▪ To reach out to the most marginal communities with a focus on women who have an inclination towards sewing by imparting sewing skills to them and encouraging them to train other village girls.

The Livelihood and Enterprise Development Program (LEDP) is the fulcrum of NABARD’s thrust on skilling women (in mature self-help groups) and youth of rural India for sustainable livelihoods. The LEDPs take a participatory approach to skill building encompassing the entire value chain. There is provision for intensive training for skill building, refresher training, backward-forward linkages and handholding as well as escort supports. It also encompasses the complete value chain and offers end-to-end solution to SHG members. It is to be implemented on a project basis covering 15 to 30 SHGs in a cluster of contiguous villages where from SHG members may be selected.
In 2022-2023, BMKK embedded LEDP goals of skill up gradation training of women in Sujini Craft in Piparhiyan, Chotki Sandaniya and Hasanpura villages of Ara block in Bhojpur district in Bihar that not only facilitate promotion of sustainable livelihoods but also derive full advantage from promotional assistance.

The Tri-colour flag is a symbol of pride for every Indian. It represents national integrity and signifies the hopes and aspirations of the Indian people. The Har Ghar Tiranga campaign is an initiative to encourage the citizens of India to bring Tiranga (India National Flag) to their homes. The people of India are encouraged to participate in the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign. They can participate by hoisting the Tiranga in their homes.

As the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi stated that the relationship of Indian citizens with the National Flag has been very institutional, it is high time that the people of India bring home the Tiranga to form a deeper bonding with the national flag.

Supported by SIDBI Swawlamban Foundation (New Delhi), BMKK stitched and distributed 18000 flags with printing of Ashok Chakra among 18000 rural village houses & Ward members in Bhojpur, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur & Munger districts in Bihar on auspicious occasion of 75th Indian Independence Day.