VIJAYAWADA: Over 900 students of KBN College have enthusiastically rendered their services to transform a number of lives during a 40-day-long camp held at their college's adopted village, Tadepalli, near here. Significantly, all the beneficiaries of the camp were women, who are now confident of earning some money on their own after getting skills' training at the camp.

Lakshmi Kumari, wife of a lorry driver, never thought of coming out of home and doing something on her own. Having received training in saree work, she is now thinking of taking up job works at home to augment her husband's income. She is confident of earning Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 2,000 a month without stepping out of her house.

Training

At the camp held from April 24 to June 2, local women were given training in fabric painting, beautician course, drawing and other vocational activities. Nearly 50 women underwent the training required to become beauticians and are now confident of setting up their own clinics.

Impressed by the good work, Acharya Nagarjuna University Vice-Chancellor V. Balamohandas and his wife Vasantha Balamohandas suggested that such camps be held in adopted villages in all areas of the region. Prof. Balamohandas, at the valedictory session, felt the need for all the 370 colleges in the university area to adopt a village each to render service to society.

Ray of hope

ANU NSS coordinator N. Vijayaratnam said that the camps by college students would provide a new ray of hope for poor residents of villages and it would serve to increase awareness among the poor people to a large extent. Programme officers V. Seshagiri Rao and V. Narayana Rao ensured that the training for village women was conducted in a beneficial manner. Guidance was given to the beneficiaries on how to make use of their training for earning additional income.

Eighty per cent of the 900 students who participated in the camp were girls and they imparted the best of training to woman residents of Tadepalli.

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