Always a room for improvement

Salma Shah, a 22-year-old lady has been associated with Sanchetana Community Health and Research Centre (Sanchetana CHRC) for almost four years. She started her journey with Sanchetana in the year 2016. Being a beautician was her passion; she was working in a beauty parlour without any professional training and was very passionate about her work. Even though she was not trained, she was good with the work and always got positive feedback from the visitors. She wanted to gain more knowledge and learn different techniques to give better service to her customers. She learned basic and advanced course at Sanchetana’s vocational training centre and she was very intrigued to learn more about it. Before being a part of this organization, she never got a chance to get training from a professional. She learned and sharpened her skills by watching others. She used to practice threading, facial on her neighbour’s face. Her neighbour was a generous lady and wanted Salma to excel at her job. For over a year, she practiced on her own and after 2–3 years joined Sanchetana. After completion of the course, she got to learn new techniques and realized that she was unaware of many things.“Those who keep learning, keep rising in life” and Salma has proved it to be true. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic Salma’s parlour was closed but she didn’t stop working. She also started doing bridal makeup and was earning approximately Rs. 15,000- 20,000 per month. She is an independent woman and is also capable of helping her family at such a young age. Like Salma there are other women whose lives has changed after being in association with Sanchetana.