{"id":5596,"date":"2025-11-06T05:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aident.org\/?page_id=5596"},"modified":"2025-12-22T05:54:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:54:55","slug":"stitching-new-beginnings-seemas-story-of-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aident.org\/?page_id=5596","title":{"rendered":"Stitching New Beginnings: Seema\u2019s Story of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5596\" class=\"elementor elementor-5596\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3417b95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3417b95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7d592e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7d592e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stitching New Beginnings: Seema\u2019s Story of Change<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f86041a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f86041a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c794a11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c794a11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/aident.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stories-of-Change_Stitching-New-Beginnings_-Seemas-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5316\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b18f8 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9b18f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ce3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87ce3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>From Spinning Yarn in Factory to Running Her Own Boutique<\/b><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seema was just 9 when she began working in a spinning unit in Panipat for daily wages. Their family had come to Panipat from Uttar Pradesh. Her father did odd jobs. Her mother worked in nearby factories. With four children to feed and rent to pay, school was never an option. She would wake up early, help with chores, and then sit for hours in a noisy, crowded space twisting yarn on her small hands not knowing what a school classroom even looked like.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We first met Seema during a field survey under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP). She was shy, clung to her mother, and barely spoke. When we talked about enrolling her in the Rehabilitation Centre, her parents were hesitant. \u201cShe helps me,\u201d her mother said softly. \u201cWho will manage if she\u2019s not there?\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, with support from her mother and consent from the unit owner, Seema started attending the Rehabilitation Centre for Destitute and Migrant Child Labour for a few hours daily.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the beginning, she sat quietly in the corner. She had never held a pencil or seen a blackboard. But soon, her world began to open. She loved singing, tried her hand at tailoring, and made friends who had stories just like hers. When a vocational tailoring module was introduced, Seema lit up. She had always loved colours and fabrics.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She completed a skill course in stitching, with support from the program\u2019s L&amp;T partnership. Today, at 19, Seema runs her home-based boutique. She earns her own income and contributes to her household.<br \/><br \/><i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cEarlier I only knew how to twist yarn in someone else\u2019s factory\u201d she says, \u201cNow I design clothes people come to me for\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stitching New Beginnings: Seema\u2019s Story of Change From Spinning Yarn in Factory to Running Her Own Boutique Seema was just 9 when she began working in a spinning unit in Panipat for daily wages. 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