WOMEN’S HANDICRAFT CENTREEnterprise with social mission
Women's Handicraft Centre (WHC) is a business enterprise committed to a social cause – enabling marginalised women to access education and earn a livelihood through respectable means. WHC nurtures the artistic skills of marginalised women in and around Bolpur, West Bengal, India. This is a path to ensure economic and social empowerment of the women. Purpose of WHC:
How? 1. Teaching and nurturing hand-embroidery skills. 2. Making hand embroidery a respectable and reliable means of income. 3. Encouraging and assisting in enterprise skills through production and merchandise of hand embroidered items. 4. Supporting families to sustain education for children and women. Specialisation:
Hand embroidery is done on: 1. Dress 2. Garment 3. Decorative items 4. Accessory 5. Utility items. Fabric used: handloom silk, cotton, polyester-cotton, “Tussar”. Core value:
Brief background Since 1991, WHC has paved the path to decent livelihood, education and enterprise, for many women-in-need. WHC clients are spread all-over the world (please see photos on website). The architect of WHC, Mrs Sunanda Mukherji. Sunanda hails from a learned family. She did her Masters in Botany in 1961, Calcutta University, India. Find more ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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