Bid to make women of BSF personnel self-dependent

From The Hindu

Staff Reporter

Wives' Welfare Association Day celebrated

NEW DELHI: The Border Security Force Wives' Welfare Association (BWWA) organised a function at the BSF Officer's Mess at Nizammuddin here over the weekend to celebrate BWWA Day-2010.

The BWWA, an organisation “Of women, for women”, works towards the welfare and advancement of wives of retired, deceased, disabled and serving personnel of the BSF. The welfare centres of BWWA seek to make the women of BSF personnel self-dependent through vocational training including programmes like making agarbattis, packaging biscuits and spices and tailoring clothes for women and children.

Addressing the gathering on Saturday, BWWA president Anjali Srivastava said steps have been taken to augment the income of widows of the force personnel. She added that scholarships for meritorious wards of BSF personnel have been introduced.

Two outlets at CPC canteen at CGO complex in New Delhi and Atari-Wagah border in Punjab have been opened recently where BWWA welfare centre products would be sold. Ms. Srivastava expressed satisfaction that there was “good public demand” for these products and reiterated her commitment for rehabilitation and employment of widows of BSF personnel.

The function, which marked 18 years of completion of the BWWA, was attended by senior members of the Association and wives of BSF personnel. Ms. Srivastava planted trees on the campus, opened a plant nursery, distributed shawls to widows, tri- cycles to disabled children and awarded scholarships to meritorious students.