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Since 2004 SDF is running its projects on gender promotion through skills development in textile/ready made garment & other areas.
Our objective is to ‘teach people how to catch a fish’. We assist deserving people acquire marketable skills to alleviate poverty & create job opportunities (especially for females) which allows them to lead a dignified and peaceful life for themselves and hopefully for their generations to come.
Through Govt. & private sector partnership SDF has trained 4,325 females in sewing industry and 105 are trained in other areas.
Textile/ready made garment industry
A) Industrial Stitching Machine Operator Training Program
SDF as a project of ESRA (Education Sector Reform Assistance), a component of USAID training program has provided training in the following factories of Faisalabad, Karachi & Lahore.
Since 2004 SDF is running its projects on gender promotion through skills development in textile/ready made garment & other areas.
Our objective is to ‘teach people how to catch a fish’. We assist deserving people acquire marketable skills to alleviate poverty & create job opportunities (especially for females) which allows them to lead a dignified and peaceful life for themselves and hopefully for their generations to come.
Through Govt. & private sector partnership SDF has trained 4,325 females in sewing industry and 105 are trained in other areas.
Textile/ready made garment industry
A) Industrial Stitching Machine Operator Training Program
SDF as a project of ESRA (Education Sector Reform Assistance), a component of USAID training program has provided training in the following factories of Faisalabad, Karachi & Lahore.
| No | Factory Name | Trained Operators | From Year | To Year |
| 1 | J&M Clothing Co. | 2430 | 2004 | 2012 |
| 2 | Eastern Garments | 80 | 2004 | 2005 |
| 3 | Rija Fashion | 150 | 2005 | 2005 |
| 4 | Irfan Garments | 80 | 2005 | 2005 |
| 5 | Rajby Industries | 150 | 2005 | 2005 |
| 6 | Saffa Textile | 25 | 2005 | 2005 |
| 7 | Z&M Style | 290 | 2006 | 2007 |
| 8 | Jubilee Garment | 60 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 9 | Fatani Impex | 60 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 10 | Commodities | 10 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 11 | SM Traders | 60 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 12 | Malik Textile | 45 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 13 | Kings Apparel | 470 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 14 | Nova International | 90 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 15 | Parson Holding | 40 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 16 | Aims Apparel | 45 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 17 | Mulla International | 60 | 2006 | 2006 |
| 18 | Rehman & Rehman | 180 | 2006 | 2006 |
| Total trained operators from 2004 to 2012 | 4325 |
| Operators trained/year | 540 |
| Operators trained/month | 45 |
B) Industrial Engineering
SDF in collaboration with Ministry of Textile & Industries Govt. of Pakistan has established a centralized training unit of Skilled Machine Operator Training (SMOT) program in the following factories.
| No. | Factory Name | From Year | To Year |
| 1 | Eastern Garment | 2004 | 2005 |
| 2 | Vipatex | 2005 | 2005 |
| 3 | Rija Fashion | 2005 | 2005 |
| 4 | IBC Trading | 2005 | 2005 |
| 5 | Leisure Apparel | 2005 | 2005 |
| 6 | Sara Corporation | 2005 | 2005 |
| 7 | Siddiq Sons | 2005 | 2005 |
| 8 | Shahzad Apparel | 2005 | 2005 |
| 9 | Erum Garments | 2005 | 2005 |
| 10 | Knitworks | 2005 | 2005 |
| 11 | Vision International | 2005 | 2005 |
| 12 | MEB | 2005 | 2005 |
| 13 | Knitted Garments | 2005 | 2005 |
| 14 | Qamar Industries | 2005 | 2005 |
| 15 | Saffa Textile | 2005 | 2005 |
| 16 | Sunflower Industries | 2005 | 2005 |
| Total IE departments established from 2004 to 2005 | 15 |
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Institute Management Committee (IMC) STEVTA Govt. of Sindh
SDF is nominated as an IMC head of following two female Govt. polytechnic institutes:
- Govt. polytechnic institute for women Landhi
- Govt. polytechnic institute for women Korangi
SDF has already established following programs in the said institutes:
- Mobile phone repairing program (established in May 2012)
- Laptop repairing program (established in Sep 2012)
| No | Course | Duration | Female Graduates | Male Graduates |
| 1 | Mobile repairing | 90 days | 48 | 11 |
| 2 | Laptop repair | 90 days | 18 | 28 |
| Total female graduates since May 2012 | 66 |
| Total male graduates since May 2012 | 39 |
| Total graduates | 105 |
We are now working on to establish Makeup artist & Montessori teacher training programs in the same institutes.
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