A disabled woman making an attractive flower out of corn cobs

Disabled women of Kavre are making flowers in a group. Similarly, in the other corner, there are bunches of flowers that are kept in preparation for sale in the market. A few days ago, when we reached the Kavre Deaf School campus located in Banepa Municipality-9 of Kavre, the scene is that disabled women are making flowers from wasted corn stalks.

Lalita, who lives in Sipali village located in Roshi rural municipality-6, cannot move below the waist. When he was 14 years old, he fell from a hill while cutting grass and injured his spine. Wounds that have not yet healed . She spends her daily life in the support of Hrivalcheer . For the past few days, she has been visiting the deaf school from 11 am to 4 pm.

She is busy making colorful flowers from corn cobs. Along with him, 20 disabled women are making colorful flowers from corn cobs. Instead of staying at home, doing skillful work will help your grief He forgets She says . 'Playing with different colors, life feels like a colorful flower,' she said ; She says that making this flower is easy as it can be done in one room. According to him, this kind of skill is very effective for people with disabilities. He thinks that the income will also be good in this. "I haven't learned much, I'm learning, I'm doing it," she said, "I think I can earn good money by working at home." I am .

Everyone in the room is making flowers by hand. A strange scene is seen in a corner of the room . Tulsa Karki, 29 years old from Panchkhal, is making a flower by picking the leaves of the corn stalks from the ground with her right foot and wrapping them with thread. Both hands of Tulsa are short . Which is one wall below Kum . Both hands have only 3/3 fingers . He is physically handicapped by birth. She does her daily life with the help of 3 fingers and feet. Along with Lalita, she is also making an archshak flower from corn stalks .

He thinks that he should be able to smile like a flower, no matter how much trouble comes in life . She who decorates life with flowers, now she is smiling with flowers by making flowers. She says that making flowers gives her a different kind of joy. According to him, it is a different skill and making flowers by learning skills. Am . "I am just learning skills and working", she said.

Manyuka Baniya, a 29-year-old resident of Roshi 9, Mangalatar, finds it very difficult to identify the things around her. His right eye sight is lost and his left eye sight is low . She arranges the khosta leaves in front of her in an imaginary way. After slicing different colored leaves, she wears one side . She collects all the materials and starts making flowers.

'It's difficult to collect the stuff,' she said, 'eyes and hands are weak, you can't collect all the stuff alone, it's just that difficult, even that is forgotten after the flower is made, it's not that difficult to make a flower, here with all your friends. Sitting down to work is also a lot of fun.'

She lost her right eye sight at birth, and after 3 months of her birth, her left eye vision also decreased . Gradually, his hand also got weaker . He thinks that even if he is physically weak, his self-strength should not be weakened. Therefore, she participates in all kinds of skill programs. According to him, I am working by learning this skill because it is skills that make us independent.

In the school premises, red, yellow, green, golden, blue colored clothes are kept to dry in the sun . 34-year-old Yogendra Akharay of Banepa-8 collects dried khosta and gives it to his 28-year-old wife, Kun Maya Shrestha. Kun Maya cuts the khosta leaves according to color . Until then, Yogendra manages the wire to make the flowers. Measure and cut the wire according to the size and give it to someone. Two couples are making flowers together, beckoning each other.

Kunmaya couple are deaf . For some time now, the couple has been making flowers from corn cobs. In one week, they have made 2 flower bouquets and a basket. 'We have just learned to make them,' said Kun Maya with the help of interpreter Ayushtha Jaspau, 'this work is very good for people with disabilities like us, if you have the skills and materials to make flowers, you can earn a good income even by sitting in a room.' According to what we have just learned to make . We are also making flowers, after making a few more we have thought of selling .

20-year-old Neha Shrestha of Banepa-7 Godom Chowk is deaf since birth. She participates in all kinds of skills programs for people with disabilities. That's why he has a lot of skills related to handicrafts . "I feel like we should do something instead of just sitting around," she said with the help of interpreter Ayushtha. .'

Deaf women were making flowers in a group. In that group, 52-year-old Mangal Maya Pote of Banepa-8 continues to work on her own tune. Having no knowledge of sign language also makes it difficult to communicate with him. That's why she works on her own tune . Even though old age is about to touch him, he still has the ability to learn skills. She makes a flower by stringing the khosta leaves kept by the banana with a string. She shows the flowers she has made to her friends. Friends help him and encourage him.

Coach Menuka Ramttel is teaching disabled women of Kavre to make flowers from corn cobs. After giving them a week's training in flower making, she is also facilitating flower making. She said that although she has provided flower making training in many places, she has given this training to disabled women for the first time.

According to him, it is a bit difficult to teach skills to people with disabilities. Some are deaf, some have low vision, some are physically disabled. She said that it will be difficult to communicate with them especially. However, she said that working together in a group was a very enjoyable experience.

According to him, the demand for training in this field is increasing as the market for corn khosta flowers is very good. "You can make a good income from this by utilizing corn husks as a waste product in the village," she said, explaining the method of making flowers, "You don't need to invest much in this, you have to soak the husks in hot water with color, cook them at once, after the color is applied to the husks, After drying in the sun, after the color has dried, the leaves are cut into the shape of a flower, and the cut leaves are wrapped with a thread, and the flowers are ready according to the size of the flowers. . A flower is ready in 10-15 minutes. She said that if this is to be done as a business, two bookies and baskets can be made in one day. "The flower market is also very good now," she said, "a basket costs between 500 and 700 rupees, and a bookie costs between 700 and 1,000 rupees. The price is also determined by how many flowers you put in it and how you decorate it."

According to him, baskets are especially used in festivals. Likewise, baskets and bookies are also used to give gifts on weddings and birthdays. As its business is very good, she said that it is a topic of interest to many now.

Rampyari Pote Awal, President of Nepal Disabled Women's Association Kavre, has been conducting various trainings and programs to make people with disabilities self-reliant by involving them in skill-based work. According to him, training was provided to make flowers from corn cobs with the help of Kavre's Office of Industry and Commerce and the coordination of Kavre's Nepal Handicapped Women's Association. She also said that she has made a plan to collaborate with local levels for the marketing of the flowers produced.