Updating my thoughts :)

Been months since I last visited this website to write anything...
In these months I have had a comment on my first posting - but dear "post-er"....am not replying to you coz a May 2009 posting being replied in Sept 2009....GOOD GODD...

About what "moi" has been upto....is trying to define “doing good” for myself…
The definition of “doing good” had been bothering me for quite sometime…
Trying to put a defined face to this thought took up a lot of time – and then some more time lapsed in trying to operationalize this “doing good”…

So here goes my 2-bit about what I am doing which qualifies as “doing good”…
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Am working with village women in Jharkhand...
Have finished training 200 women in 35 types of hand embroidery....and are now trying to get their work upto quality marks...
And make products...

Our current hand embroidered product lines are:
Cushion covers
Bags
Stoles and dupattas
Kurtas and tops – ladies
Kurtas and shirts – gents
Skirts
Saris
Quilts etc…

We have started formally producing these things and are slowly looking at sales channels…

Have also trained the same set of women in artificial jewellery making….

The aim for us is to give these women a sustained form of livelihood and ensure that their income levels reach at least Rs 2000 per month….out of handicrafts…
This will add to their overall income levels as they do other kinds of work….eg daily wage working, farming, owning shops etc….

We are targeting improving the living conditions of these women and their families…
Through improved health and sanitation conditions, education (both child and adult), nutrition levels…throughout this time…

The basic aim is “we teach these women how to fish – so that they can eat forever….rather than giving them charity, ie giving them just 1 fish to eat…”!

Our motto…”We believe in the power of SELF”….

Comments if any are welcome :)