The Outgoing Rays

Sandipan Sinha :- Prochesta is one of the wings under Diocesan Women Fellowship for Christian Service, Diocese of Durgapur which has been established in St. Paul’s Church Asansol with the vision to re-establish the life of those young girls in the slum area of Asansol not only by giving them the basic educational facilities but teaching them a practical job so that they can earn in their livelihood with perseverance and dignity. Practical classes are given in sewing, embroidery and other self help activities.

After a long effort from the centre two students have reached the goal. Ms.Sarita Rajaz showed great skills in dance while Ms. Laxmi Lal in Sewing. Laxmi is one of the old students attending the centre from the very beginning. Before she joined the centre her life was meaningless but after she joined the centre she recognized her goal in life. She was a drop out from school but now she has realized to get back to school again at Naye Disha School in Class-VIII. She has learnt many skills in sewing, like embroidery, blouse cutting, suit cutting, jori placing etc. Her contribution can also been seen in the churches of Diocese Of Western North Carolina when the Prochesta team made the alter by their own hands which was sent to the above mentioned Diocese. While speaking to her I found out that she has got the vision in her life and she wants to apply her skill in her daily life in the near future. As such type Sarita Rajaz is one of the newly admitted girls in Prochesta. She is doing well and is in the basic learning period in her sewing classes. However she has shown progress in the dance classes too. She is a young girl with 4 elder sisters and 1 younger brother in her family. She came to know about this centre past three months ago and decided to join. Previously she used to work in a home based tailor shop, so with the intension to learn more she came forward. She is grateful to the teacher-in charge Ms. Bharti Lal who has given her all the help and facilities in bringing her sewing classes up to mark.

The centre-in-charge Mrs. P.T. Nayak is giving her valuable time in teaching the students about daily life experiences that they may be facing in today’s World and thus preparing them to learn the basic needs to meet the challenges in life.