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An Aussie lady turning Gaya girls into
fashion designers
by Surya
Pratap Singh
Gaya: An
Australian lady, who has adopted Gaya as her second home,
is resolutely making a difference in the lives of many village
girls in a Naxal affected area here. Katrina Mount, the Australian
native presently residing in Gaya's Guraru Block, has taken
to social service here. She has dedicated herself to enable
the village girls of her locality to become self-dependent
through fashion designing and thus training them to be so.
These 25 village girls are local residents of Gurau Block,
an area facing neglect of the District administration which
contends it is a naxal-dominated area and hence unsafe to
work. Apart from training them in fashion designing, Katrina
is also infusing a sense of courage and determination among
these trainee girls. "The girls are really, really trying
to do this work and to learn. The circumstances are a little
bit hard with small space and small room. We work on floor
with newspapers. But, it's all going really well," said Katrina
Mount, Australian social worker. Katrina is getting cooperation
and assistance by all families here. Her courage and volunteering
has appealed everyone here. She says that she is unperturbed
about Maoists and just minds doing her work. All girls, who
are receiving training under her supervision, are happy to
learn designing work from Katrina. "She has taught us how
we can work more, saving on time and how we can set up business.
She has told us how we can sell our stuff in the markets and
become self-reliant. It is good to learn," said Pramila Kumari,
a trainee. A group of social workers had earlier initiated
a campaign of women empowerment in this area, which is being
taken further ahead by Katrina Mount. These girls are now
waiting for their course to complete so that they can take
to designing jobs or set up personal outlets at the earlierst.
-Oct 28, 2008
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