Skill Development Project, Noida

The skilling centre for women of Nithari village is in a rented floor of a building in Sector 31. The objective of the program is to technically train women on machines of mass production as well as on various businesses related activities from procurement to marketing of finished goods and provide them sustainable livelihood opportunities.

The courses currently center around tailoring, apparel-making, painting, and embroidery, conducted in two to three batches of 10–12 women each. SAPNA is using a bottom-up approach by engaging members of self-help groups to identify women in dire need of training. We have also integrated life skills such as communication, decision-making, and strategic thinking into the skilling project to make women confident and self-sufficient.

The facility is equipped with industry-standard machines to support both training and order-based production:

List of Machine

• Jack Sewing Machines – 5
• Juki Sewing Machines – 6
• Automatic Jeans Stitching Machine – 1
• Automatic Hole Machine – 1
• Usha Embroidery Machine – 1
• Placket Machine – 1
• Automatic Button Machine – 1
• Interlock Machines – 2
• Pressing & Finishing Equipment

Team:

• 1 Center Coordinator
• 3 Full-time Trainers
• Additional expert trainers are invited periodically for advanced modules and workshops.
  

Products & Expertise

Garments:
Expertise includes stitching suits, sarees, lehengas, blouses, tops, kaftans, shirts, school uniforms, and tunics.

Bags:
Expertise includes making jute bags, potli bags, sling bags, hand purses, and paper bags.

Home Décor:
Expertise includes creating buntings, torans, wall hangings, puppets, cushions, dining mats, coasters, and bedsheets.

Crafts:
Expertise includes producing soft toys, Madhubani paintings, and other decorative items.

Outcomes

Training Impact:
Over 500 women have been trained since 2019.

Employment & Livelihood:
Many trained women are now employed in export houses and garment factories, while others have started home-based tailoring units. Currently, more than 25 women are associated with the center and work on a project-to-project basis.

Organizational Collaborations:
The center has worked with more than 15 apparel and development organizations, including Fabcreate Tilhori, Ambay Garments, La Kouture Apparels Pvt. Ltd., Chungi, Eco Swap Solutions, Institute for Human Development – Delhi, Religare, Sapna Shikshalaya, R.S.S. Junior Dress, Event Crop, Miaah, and Ahad Anhad.

During FY 2024–25, 90 women and girls were trained at the SDC Center, equipping them with valuable vocational and life skills. The center also enabled 35 women to secure full-time or part-time employment, helping them achieve financial independence, support their families, and build a path toward long-term empowerment.

Our Niche – SDC

It revolves around two pillars – i) Training; ii) Employment Model.

1. The center combines training in which women receive hands-on training under qualified instructors.
2. Next step is Production where the Centre also takes garment production orders from companies and NGOs. These are executed by trained women under the supervision of trainers. The incomes generated from completed orders is shared among the participating women, offering them direct financial support.

Contact Us: Reeta Singh (9711014563).

Photographs of training at SDC, Noida:

A puppet-making workshop was held at the Skill Development Centre in Noida on May 31, 2025.

 

 

Half pant cutting training organized at the Skill Development Centre in Noida on June 18, 2024.

 

Made potli bag for MIAAH brand by SDC trainees at the Skill Development Centre in Noida on June 17, 2024.

 

 

Suit piece given by donar on the occasion of navratri.

 

 

A one day women’s rights workshop is being organized at the Skill Development Centre in Noida on August 26, 2023.

 

 

A one day block printing workshop is being conducted at the Skill Development Centre in Noida by artist Srija Bhowal, a student from Parsons New York, on August 19, 2023.