Who are you trying to help? What issue are you trying to address?

Hill indigenous people in North East India are living under US$ 1 a day (Rs. 80/-) with no opportunity to trade, develop skills or generate income other than the shifting cultivation and forest products.

Their rights as human beings are denied. Their land, territories and resources are manipulated by others.

Women are exposed,vulnerable, and often sexually abused. Limited access to skill development training, income generation and employment opportunities while women and youth needs are rising.

We are providing socio-economic development opportunities by imparting broad-based weaving skill and produce of market-based, eco-friendly products. A Self-determination development with cultural identity.

With women empowered, earning income (US$ 4-5) a day will help to provide education for their children, afford basic health care facilities. Every year about 20 children die of simple disease because of lack of medicines. We are going to help solve the social and economic problems. Setting up Youth Business Groups will minimize militancy in the areas and minimize early deaths.

What is your project and how will it help?

This project is a self-determination development program with cultural identity. Imparting innovative weaving skill training to indigenous women and unemployed youths using eastern-based technology, locally developed. Enable women and youths to produce innovative designs of market-based eco-friendly products (US$ 60-80 a piece) which enable them to earn US$ 4-5 a day.

1. Install 10 new weaving machines to increase production of the market-based eco-friendly products, to meet the rising market demands.

2. Conduct broad-based skill training in weaving, designing and tailoring. Organize social marketing events to promote the project products.

3. Mobilise the indigenous communities, conduct training and workshops helping them identify their problems and solutions.

4. Develop the machines to automation for increase production.

5. Help to reduce extreme poverty, at least by 30%.

6. Enhance the Project Revolving Fund for innovative financial services to the low income groups/consumers, help them feel empowered with the power to make financial decisions on their own.

7. Create linkages of the local business and financial institutions with the Women and Youth Business Groups, where they will continue to get access to relevant information and financial services.

8. Train youths in innovative designs of modern women traditional wears.

9. Increase the weaving machines to 10 every year, providing 100 regular employment to indigenous women and youth in the process.

10. The Women Saving & Credit Groups and Youth Business Groups will continue to facilitate the Revolving Fund for sustainability and wider coverage.

11. Replicate the project to another settings for wider coverage and sustainability.

How can other people partner with you on your project?

1. Other people can help the project by funding it, part or full.
2. Technicians can help us in developing automatic for the weaving machines.
3. Others can help me produce fabric of the products, improved designs to meet the rising market demands.
4. Investors or financial institution can help us fund the project for growth.
5. Others can help in donating industrial (loom) materials or shuttleless handloom machine(s).
6. Partnership can be build on Technical and Financial.

Please detail the resources that you need.

Full Project funding: US$ 50, 000 (Financial Partner)
Part Funding (20% holding): US$ 20, 000
part Funding (10% holding): US$ 10, 000
Donation for Revolving Fund: US$ 5 – $ 100. (Become Life Member)
Supporting 10 Women Training: US$ 1, 000 (Become Patron Member)
Supporting 10 Youth Training: US$ 1, 000 (Become Patron Member)
Helping One Women Group formation: US$ 500 (Become Patron Member)

Vehicle to transport women trainee who needs to walk 5-6 Km: Become Patron Member