Our Work in Lower Assam – Bongaigaon, Nalbari etc
Our Work in Nalbari & Bongaigaon – The Heart of Lower AssamNalbari and Bongaigaon are two important districts of Lower Assam with rich agricultural land and strong cultural heritage, but also face serious social challenges. Early marriage of girls, lack of skill-based employment for women, and limited awareness about health and legal rights are still prevalent. WARIORS – Women Awareness and Rural Invigorate Organization cum Radiant Society (www.wariors.org) is actively working in these two districts to empower rural women.We are a CSR registered NGO (CSR00055924 | Darpan: AS/2021/0299586 | wariors.org) with Head Office in Biswanath Our work in Nalbari and Bongaigaon is focused on making villages Child Marriage Free and Women Self-Reliant.Nalbari District – Our Intervention:Nalbari is known as the land of bamboo and agriculture. But in many villages like Ghograpar, Tihu, Mukalmua, and Barbhag, girls drop out after Class 8-10 and are married early. WARIORS Nalbari team works in these blocks.
What we do in Nalbari:Awareness Camps in Schools: We go to high schools and conduct awareness on Child Marriage Prohibition Act, POCSO, and importance of girl education. We have covered 8 schools in Nalbari covering 400+ girls.SHG Formation: We have formed 5 SHGs in Nalbari with 50 women who are doing tailoring and organic farming. We trained them in Gamosa weaving and they are selling in Nalbari market.Health Camps: With help of ASHA, we conduct menstrual hygiene awareness. We distribute low-cost sanitary pads and teach making of cloth pads.Our goal in Nalbari is to cover 50 villages in next one year.
WARIORS Kamrup Metro Branch – Women Skill Development Centre, Tetelia, GuwahatiWARIORS – Women Awareness and Rural Invigorate Organization cum Radiant Society is now active in Kamrup Metro with its branch at Tetelia, Guwahati.Our Kamrup Metro branch focuses on making urban poor and rural women of Guwahati self-reliant through practical skill training.Our Activities in Kamrup Metro:Food Processing & Bakery Training
On 10th November 2024 at Tetelia, Guwahati (4MJC+WQH, Tetelia), we organized a hands-on training for 15+ women. Women learned cake making, cup cakes, cookies, and Assamese pitha making. The training helps them to start small home-based business with low investment. Many of our trainees are now taking small orders for birthdays and local shops in Guwahati.Tailoring & Handloom
We are starting tailoring training for women in Birkuchi, Dhirenpara and Sonapur areas. The training includes blouse stitching, school uniform making and Gamosa weaving.Women Awareness
Along with skill, we conduct awareness meetings on women’s rights, health and hygiene, and government schemes
Our Work in Upper Assam – Women Empowerment and Skill Development Program by WARIORS
Upper Assam comprising of Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Biswanath is known for tea gardens, oil industries and rich Assamese culture. However, women in tea garden areas, riverine villages and rural areas still face challenges like lack of financial independence, early school dropout, limited skill opportunities and dependence on daily wage work. WARIORS – Women Awareness and Rural Invigorate Organization cum Radiant Society (www.wariors.org) has been working in Upper Assam since 2021 through its active district branches to empower rural women through awareness, skill development and Self Help Groups.WARIORS Upper Assam Model – 4 Pillars:Our work in Upper Assam is based on 4 pillars – Awareness, Skill, Health and Self Reliance.
DIBRUGARH DISTRICT – Tea Garden Women Skill Development:Dibrugarh district includes Dibrugarh town, Moran, Lahowal, Chabua, Khowang. More than 60% women work in tea gardens as pluckers with daily wage Rs. 250-300. They have no other skill.Our Programs in Dibrugarh:A. Tailoring Training for Tea Tribe Women – Moran & Lahowal:
This is our flagship program. We run tailoring centres in Moran and Lahowal tea garden areas. 80+ tea tribe women trained in last 2 years.Course details – 3 months, 2 hours daily after garden duty:Petticoat, Blouse, School uniform, Tea garden worker uniform alterationBag making from jute and clothGamosa stitchingAfter training, women stitch in evening and earn extra money. This extra income helps them to send children to tuition and buy medicines. We help them to get sewing machine under Tea Tribe Welfare Scheme.
SIVASAGAR DISTRICT – Handloom & Heritage Based Skill Development:Sivasagar district includes Sivasagar town, Nazira, Amguri, Sonari, Demow. Women here are expert weavers but have no market linkage and use old looms.Our Programs in Sivasagar:A. Advanced Handloom & Boutique Training – Nazira Centre:
We provide advanced handloom training to 50 women in Nazira and Amguri. Training includes:Modern Gamosa designs with new motifsMekhela Chador weaving with machine and handloom mixBoutique work – designer blouses, kurtis with handloom fabricNatural dyeing and organic cottonWe linked these women with Sivasagar Handloom Emporium and Jorhat trade fairs.
young girls who cannot do handloom, we provide tailoring training at Sonari. 25 girls trained in 3-month course – Blouse, Salwar, School Uniform, and Gamosa blouse. After training, they stitch for local shops.
Women Skill Development Programs in Tinsukia District by WARIORS
Women Awareness and Rural Invigorate Organization cum Radiant Society (www.wariors.org) is actively working in Tinsukia district to make tribal, tea tribe and rural women self-reliant through skill development training.Tinsukia district includes Tinsukia town, Margherita, Doomdooma, Sadiya, Ledo and Bordumsa. This is a border district with Arunachal Pradesh. Here most families are Singpho, Moran, Sonowal Kachari, Tai Phake and Tea Tribe (Adivasi). Women have traditional weaving knowledge but no market linkage and no income source.Our Head Office at Biswanath Chariali (Registration No: RS/BCH/268/05 2021-2022, NGO Darpan: AS/2021/0299586, CSR: CSR00055924) supports Tinsukia District Branch with trainers, yarn and market support.Our goal in Tinsukia – one skill for every woman, one income for every family. HANDLOOM TRAINING – MARGHERITA CENTREMargherita is tribal dominated area near coal mines. Women here make simple Gamosa at home.We run handloom training centre at Margherita where 40 women were trained in last one year.Training includes:Designer Gamosa with new motifsAronai (Bodo Gamosa) and Singpho Gingshi ShawlMekhela Chador with modern designNatural dyeing and organic cotton weaving
FOOD PROCESSING TRAINING – DOOMDOOMA CENTRETinsukia has high demand for pickle because of mixed community. Doomdooma is famous for its market.We trained 30 women in Doomdooma in food processing:Mango pickle, Bamboo shoot pickle, Chilli pickleDry fish pickle (Singpho and Adivasi style) – sells at Rs. 400 per kgPapad, Bori, Pitha makingPackaging and labeling with expiry date and FSSAI basic trainingThese women now sell in Doomdooma weekly market, Tinsukia daily market and online through local WhatsApp groups. During Bihu and Christmas season, they get bulk orders from Dibrugarh and Tinsukia town. Average income Rs. 5000-8000 per month with only Rs. 3000 investment.We also teach how to calculate cost and profit.
Tinsukia district includes Tinsukia town, Margherita, Doomdooma, Sadiya, Ledo and Bordumsa. It is a border district with Arunachal Pradesh with many tribal communities – Singpho, Moran, Sonowal Kachari, Tai Phake and Tea Tribe (Adivasi). Most students here pass Class 10 and 12 but have no computer knowledge, no spoken English and no hand skill. They sit idle at home.Our Head Office at Biswanath Chariali (Reg. No: RS/BCH/268/05 2021-2022, NGO Darpan: AS/2021/0299586, CSR: CSR00055924) supports the Tinsukia District Branch.Our aim in Tinsukia – One skill for every student along with studies.1. Basic Computer Training – Margherita and Doomdooma CentresThis is the most demanded skill in Tinsukia. Companies like Coal India Margherita and Tea Gardens need computer knowing youth.We provide 3 months free course:MS Word, Excel, PowerPointInternet, Email, Online Job Form Fill-upResume Making and Canva Designing40 students trained in Margherita and Doomdooma in last year. After training, 15 students got jobs in DTP Centres, CSC Centres and private schools in Tinsukia with salary Rs. 6000-10000 per month. Others are doing online form fill-up work from home.2. Spoken English and Personality Development – Tinsukia TownIn Tinsukia town, private jobs in hotels, hospitals and shops need English speaking. Students from tea gardens cannot speak English.We provide 2 months spoken English class:Self-introduction, Interview facing, Customer handlingGroup discussion and public speaking
We do not do only classroom training. We do practical training. We give raw materials free for first month. We take women to market and teach how to sell, how to talk to customer, how to fix price. We help to sell through exhibitions in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh.FUTURE PLAN FOR TINSUKIA We plan to set up one Permanent Skill Development Centre at Margherita covering whole Tinsukia district for 100 women per year. The centre will have residential facility for girls from remote villages of Sadiya and border areas. Courses – Tailoring, Handloom, Food Processing. Budget needed Rs. 6 Lakhs per year. We seek support from Oil India Limited Duliajan, Coal India Margherita, ONGC and Tea Companies.
How WARIORS Works for Tribal Development in Assam
Women Awareness and Rural Invigorate Organization cum Radiant Society (www.wariors.org) is a leading NGO in Assam working for tribal development. Our Head Office is at Biswanath Chariali (Reg. No: RS/BCH/268/05 of 2021-2022, NGO Darpan: AS/2021/0299586, CSR: CSR00055924).Biswanath district is a tribal dominated district. Here Karbi, Garo, Munda, Adivasi and other tribal communities live in remote villages like Pathaijan, Manjircho, Karbi Block, Bihmari and Shialmari. Most tribal women are expert in traditional weaving but have no market linkage, no education about government schemes and no income source. WARIORS is working to make them self-reliant.We work through our District Committee and Regional Committees – Manjircho Regional Committee, Karbi Block Regional Committee and Shialmari Regional Committee. Our work for tribal development has 4 pillars – Skill Training, Cultural Preservation, Awareness and SHG Formation.1. SKILL TRAINING FOR TRIBAL WOMEN – SELF-RELIANCEOur main objective is to make tribal women and adolescent girls self-reliant through skill training.A. Karbi Traditional Weaving Training – Loin Loom Training at Pathaijan:
Karbi women use loin loom (kokal bondha taal) to make traditional dress. But young girls are forgetting this skill. Considering this, our Manjircho Regional Committee organized a 15-day free Karbi Weaving Training at Pathaijan on 05/08/2025 under the supervision of President Smt. Aity Timungpi.In this training, we taught how to make Pini, Pekok, Khim and Seleng. Despite adverse weather, girls participated regularly. This training was the first program of our newly formed Manjircho Regional Committee and it was successfully concluded. Now these girls can make their own traditional dress and also sell in market. One Pini set sells for Rs. 2000-3000.
Cutting and Sewing Training at Pathaijan:
On 10/08/2025, Manjircho Regional Committee organized a 10-day free Cutting and Sewing Training at Pathaijan. The objective was to make women and adolescent girls self-reliant through cutting and sewing.Trainer Smt. Binita Kropi taught Blouse, Petticoat, Salwar and School Uniform cutting and stitching. Many tribal girls participated. After training they can earn Rs. 3000-5000 per month from home by stitching. This training was highly appreciated by local community.C. Karbi Bag “Jarang” Making Training – Karbi Block:
Jarang is a traditional Karbi bag made from handwoven fabric. It is eco-friendly, strong and daily usable. It has high demand in market as alternative to plastic.
On 21/08/2024, Karbi Block Regional Committee organized a one-day Jarang making training. Many women participated and successfully learned to make Jarang. Earlier they did not know how to make it for commercial purpose. Now they make Jarang and sell at Rs. 300-500 per bag in Biswanath and Tezpur market. This training also helps in preserving traditional craft and provides income.2. CULTURAL PRESERVATION WITH LIVELIHOODWe believe tribal development is not possible without preserving tribal culture. Our skill trainings are not only for income but also for cultural preservation.When we teach Karbi weaving, Jarang making, Singpho shawl making, we are preserving their heritage. Young generation is learning from elders. This gives them pride in their own culture. One girl who learns Karbi weaving can earn Rs. 4000-7000 per month and also keep her culture alive.3. AWARENESS MEETING ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL ISSUESIn many tribal villages, women are still behind due to lack of education, superstition, child marriage and lack of awareness about government schemes.Awareness Meeting at Karbi Block Rang Mancha – 10/08/2025:
Karbi Block Regional Committee organized an Awareness Meeting on Women Empowerment at Karbi Block Rang Mancha. Resource Person Smt. Anjali Kramchapi explained about women rights, importance of education, government schemes like Lakhpati Didi, SHG loan, sewing machine scheme and health awareness. Tribal women came to know about their rights for the first time.B. Awareness Meeting at Bihmari – Shialmari Regional Committee – 10/02/2025:
Shialmari Regional Committee organized an awareness meeting at Bihmari area among Karbi community who are educationally backward. The topics were – Women Education, Removal of Superstition, Prevention of Child Marriage and Women Empowerment.We invited Smt. Punyaprabha Saikia, Internal Mentor of Bihali Development Block as resource person. She explained in simple language how to make a superstition-free strong society, how to become self-reliant and what government facilities are available. Women asked many questions and she cleared all doubts. Secretary Smt. Kiran Tispi concluded the meeting with a plan to organize another such meeting for the whole area.
These awareness meetings are very important because skill training alone is not enough. Women need to be aware about why they should be self-reliant, why child marriage should be stopped and why education is important.4. SHG FORMATION AND FINANCIAL LINKAGEAfter training and awareness, we form Self Help Groups (SHGs) of tribal women. In Biswanath district, we have formed many SHGs in Karbi Block and Manjircho area. Each SHG has 10-12 members who save Rs. 100 per month. They have bank accounts. We link them with Assam Gramin Vikash Bank and help them to get loans under government schemes.Our Impact in Tribal Development:More than 100 tribal women and girls trained in Karbi weaving, cutting-sewing and Jarang making in Biswanath district15-day Karbi weaving and 10-day tailoring training successfully completed at PathaijanTraditional craft like Jarang bag is now a source of incomeMore than 50 tribal women made aware about women empowerment, child marriage prevention and government schemesNewly formed regional committees like Manjircho and Karbi Block are actively working at grassroots level.
Our Future Plan:We plan to set up a Permanent Tribal Skill Development Centre at Biswanath Chariali covering Karbi Block, Manjircho, Shialmari and Bihmari for 200 tribal women per year. The centre will have loin looms, sewing machines and Jarang making unit with residential facility for girls from remote villages. Budget needed Rs. 10 Lakhs per year. We seek CSR support from companies.WARIORS believes – If a tribal woman gets one skill, her whole family becomes self-reliant. Our work is not just training, it is preserving culture, removing superstition and building a self-reliant tribal society.Contact for Tribal Development Programs:
WARIORS Head Office, Biswanath Chariali, Assam
Chief Functionary: Utpal Nath – 8638790616
Website: wariors.org | CSR: CSR00055924