Meet Mrs. Suriya 

She lives with her husband in the Kallukottai Slums. Her husband works as a mason. She started attending the tailoring class in March 2011 at the Tailoring Center our partner JVI set up in partnership with Christian disciples Church in the Kallukottai slums. She trained there for six months before buying her own JVI Operation Agape Project sewing machine.
 Two months into stitching from her house she has been able to make 4000 Rupees. She spends about five hours a day stitching Chudidhaar, blouses, skirts, and school uniforms. She now feels this training has equipped her with a skill and she can use to help her husband. Her husband is happy and is supportive of her tailoring work. She says “I want to teach other women how to tailor clothes, and tell them not to sit at home but equip themselves, so that they can save up the money they would otherwise spend on a tailor”.