Mumtaz Begum Dastakari School

TMFTuaam-e-Miskeen FoundationPakistan · est. 2020

Women seated at sewing machines on the floor under a Mumtaz Begum Handicraft School banner

Women learning to stitch at a Dastakari School centre.

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Each centre teaches traditional and contemporary handicrafts on the school's own sewing machines, so women can earn from home. Centres run in Sibi and Sohbatpur (Balochistan), Jalalpur Pirwala (South Punjab) and Ishkomen Valley (Gilgit-Baltistan).

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From the field

Women at a Mumtaz Begum Dastakari School session.
Embroidered bags, caps and cushions made by students.
A student receives her course certificate.
Finished garments on display at the end of a course.
Students and their trainer at the Multan centre.
The front of a Dastakari School centre.
A session at the Mumtaz Begum Dastakari School.
A session at the Mumtaz Begum Dastakari School.

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