Stories of Change

Women look to YouTube for tailoring lessons

Learning has gone digital and the women of ‘Threads of Life’ at YuvaLok Foundation are not behind. The girls at TOL have now incorporated YouTube into their learning module and are designing gowns beyond their capabilities.
This year has been exciting for the women as they took to YouTube to enhance their learning. Program head Divya says that the management had previously installed computers for the girls to learn from the internet. “The facilities were always there. This year, the girls took special interest in trying different designs. Hence, they started looking up on YouTube and things took off from there” she said. With YouTube entering the scene, the girls this year added some really cool designs to their kitty. The TOL women started learning to sew gowns from various YouTube channels. It was impressive to see the variety they were attempting which included traditional, western & even designer gowns.

The management at YuvaLok Foundation were mighty impressed with the effort and have now decided to include YouTube lessons as a part of the curriculum for the TOL girls. Even the women who graduated this year expressed their desire to further improve on their computer skills during their tailoring program.
Every year the graduating girls form the ‘Threads of Life’ program receive an industry ready tailoring machine. This year, we are sure that we will see many more designs churned out from YouTube by the graduated girls from the TOL program.