The Dastkar Kendra in Ranthambhore, Rajasthan was set up to provide income support to families displaced when their villages came under the protected national park area. It has provided regular income to villagers since 1990. The Kendra trains about 300 women in crafts like block printing and embroidery, earning them Rs. 1500-4000 per month. It aims to preserve textile art traditions and reduce pressure on forest lands.
2. Dastkari Kendra in Ranthambhore, Rajasthan, is
next to one of India's largest tiger reserves and an
important tourist destination.
3. The Dastkari Kendra was set up as a rehabilitation
measure to provide income support for those families
displaced when the villages they were living in came
under the protected national park area.
The Kendra has provided regular income to the
villagers since 1990.
4. Dastkar Ranthambhore forms a part of the Dastkar
organization, which aims to preserve and strengthen
traditions of textile art.
They believe that income from this source means
eventually less pressure on the forest land itself.
5. With support from
Baba Sahib
Ambedkar
Hastshilp Vikas
Yojana training and
technical aid has
been provided to
these women where
there was no
means of income
Today the Kendra
provides training
to about 300 women
earning around Rs
1500/- to Rs 4000/-
per month.
6. Ujwala Johda, business manager at Dastkar has
turned around the Kendra reaching out to many
international buyers and funding organizations.
7. The Kendra today houses a production Center,
raw material store, office, sales outlet, training
workshops apart from accommodating guest room
and a local community center.
11. Community Development
sustained inputs in
education, health and social issues
micro-credit schemes
12. Dastkar provides
- Planning infrastructure
-Design and production
- Skills upgradation
- Raw material sourcing
- Short term loans
- Development inputs -basic
literacy, micro-credit,
sensitization on social and
gender issues.
- Information and networking
- medical assistance
13. Dastkar Needs
- branding and marketing
assistance
- Capacity building
- Increasing our information
base through documentation,
- Initiative to reach out to
more and more villages
- new training programmes
- Maintaining quality
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