My name is Ramila Tamang. I am 28 years old. My husband and I came to the city from a very remote hill 7 years ago when our eldest son was 1-year-old. My husband worked as a tractor driver and I worked for a family cleaning the house and taking care of their children. Two years later our second boy was born and I became busy taking care of my own boys at our rented room.
Our small family was running well at that time. Slowly time changed, my husband rarely visited us from his work. He also stopped giving us money to buy food and clothes for the children. After a few weeks, he stopped visiting us. It’s now been 4 years and he is still not with us and I am taking care of my two boys on my own. Later I found out that my husband got remarried and started to live in another town.
For the last 3 years, I have been struggling to feed my children and pay the house rent. I could not send my children to school either. It’s been so frustrating for me. I wanted to commit suicide but I could not do that to my children.
When I heard of the free sewing training in our area I wanted to join the training and wanted to learn the skills. I thought, if I have training and sewing skills, I can work in shops and can get some money to buy food for my family and send my children to school.
I joined the training for 6 months & learnt the different skills. I have learned 21 different kinds of designs, attained the family business training, and got a loan to start my own business. Now I am going to start a new sewing business very soon as I am arranging the things.
Now, I have a hope that I will earn some money locally and can feed my children and send them to school. Thank you for giving me hope in my life!