Women help groups weave success tales
Business Standard|April 18, 2024
With dusk fast settling over the skyline, a group of 10 women in Jangethi village near Meerut went into a quick huddle.
ANOUSHKA SAWHNEY
Women help groups weave success tales

Holding handmade baskets, which they had weaved after a hard day's work, they then started negotiating a decent price.

And all this while they were also weaving something else - plans on how they would spend their first earning.

"We will buy offerings for our gods and treats for kids from the first payment," said one of them, as others happily nodded.

Eco Roots Foundation, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to environmental conservation, has formed a group of 20-25 women in the village, who make eco-friendly handmade items.

Babita, the leader of the pack, was busy negotiating the price with Vikram the NGO's coordinator for Uttar Pradesh. "You know the market rate... you tell the correct price for what we made," insisted Babita.

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