Handloom Project

Beneficiaries: Cured Lepers from the Leper’s Colony, Miraj – Totally 12 families.
Location of Project: Miraj, Maharashtra.
Project Details:
Handloom Project was started for cured lepers living in and around the Lepers Colony in Miraj, Maharashtra.
A few of the goals were:

  1. To provide a decent means of livelihood for those affected by Leprosy.
  2. To eventually make them self-dependent.
  3. To reintegrate them with the society that had rejected them.
  4. To ensure that the next generation of the beneficiaries did not face the same experiences as they had.

Currently, beneficiaries work on four looms manufacturing shoulder bags, table mats, book marks, napkins, etc. Benefits from the sale of these products help them to sustain themselves. Raw materials are provided by us to the beneficiaries, who prepare the finished products. These products are sold, which help the beneficiaries earn a decent living.

FRUITS  of Handloom Project

  1. Many cured lepers kept from begging as a livelihood.
  2. Children have been able to study and pick up decent jobs
  3. Given Dignity and self respect because of their occupation.

OUR NEEDS

  1. Monthly support for all beneficiaries
  2. Funds for Raw Materials
  3. New Bigger Looms
  4. Storage Facilities
  5. Better Marketing of Products
  6. Development of new products