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DHRRA Malaysia: Earninga Living through Income Generating Program
A part of DHRRA Malaysia’s aim in rural development is women empowerment. In line with this mission, DHRRA Malaysia conducts income-generating programs for the betterment of women. Through this program, the women are educated on income generating skills. DHRRA Malaysia conducts various activities to help raise self-confidence, awareness and socio-economic status of the people within the community. Under the income-generating program, women are taught to make a variety of products to enable them to start small-scale enterprises. Income generating skills are taught together with marketing skills to help the women secure additional income for their families. By engaging the women in income generating activities, the standard of living for the family is upgraded and thus reducing economic tension.
Also, every month, community centres conduct various skill training for the women, from handicraft to cooking. With such skills they are able to work at their own flexi working hours and at the same time assist other members of the community by teaching the skills. Such skills are also suitable for homemakers who can make use of their time at home to contribute to the family income. Those women who are keen in starting their own business were given training on how to start businesses using a specially created business-training module.
