Candles, Diyas and incense sticks made by the under privileged women are being sold under “Help of entrepreneurship and livelihood programmes - HElP” by Swapnil Education Society at New Market’s Top N Town Square,10 No Market and Chuna Bhatti. Huge crowd are visiting the stalls and items are in great demand.
Incense sticks were made by Ujjain women and Diyas by the women of Bundelkhand. Diyas are adorned colourfully by the tribal women of Mandala district. The candles are made by the women of Bhopal. The most important highlight is that it is run without any financial support from the government.
Swapnil Jain, chairman of Swapnil Education Society underlined that this activity is being run for the upliftment for the women of weaker sections of the society. Part of the profit of the sales is distributed to these women. The society has established a corpus fund, which is utilised for their development. The remaining part of the profit is deposited in the Corpus fund.
The similar items are also available in the market which is brought from China but we should give importance to the efforts of these women, which will improve the economy of our country instead of other country. The Swapnil Education Society has an appeal for the people to purchase the items from HElP, which will surely help in the upliftment of these women. They will be exhorted and develop the confidence.