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We are proud to announce a new and very exciting project as an extension of the income generation program. A training program has been started both for the women of the Dalit (untouchable) community and the women engaged in sex work. Approximately three times per week these women get together and learn how to make quilts and blankets from old Saris. Each blanket comprises of five or six layers of gorgeous old sarees of different colours and patterns, resulting in a beautiful handmade, one of a kind product. Part of the money earned from the sale of blankets goes back into the training programs and to purchase additional materials while the rest goes directly to the women as their income. The women, for the first time in their lives, have an entirely independent and sustainable livelihood that is based on skills and dignified earning away from sex work and its associated stigma.
This program has been designed and guided by a group of RISD students of textile design and sustainable development.
Please visit www.anchalproject.org
For trade enquiry anchal.risd@gmail.com |
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