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Training of Trainers

Women on Home Electrics

In home front, women are in face-to-face contact VMFT organized a ‘Training for Trainers’ in
with electrical and electronic gadgets - several collaboration with Kerala Section of IEEE &
times every day. Even minor complaints with these LMAG and other operational units like Power
devices are attended by electricians, technicians & Energy Society, Energy Management Center
or wiremen who are too busy and costly to get and NGGF on 01- 02 November 2019. A panel
on the site. If women and especially housewives of experts prepared the course module. The
(in Kerala, a good majority have undergone 12 two-day hands-on training workshop was
years of formal education) can attend to these conducted at Jyothi Bhavan, Special School
problems and ensure electrical safety, it will help for the Handicapped, Anthinad, Kollappally.
in the overall increase of productivity and well- A group of 17 women consisting of school
being in the society. teachers, social workers and CMC sisters, who
have agreed to take the message to the house
In a State with the highest population density in wives in the district they live were trained.
India, it will be unviable to reach every home,
school and institution by even the largest team
of volunteers who are experts in such matters.
The way out will be to train committed women
volunteers as Trainers to propagate the message
by training more women from different areas with
the same knowledge and hands-on exposure.

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