ANNUAL REPORT 2008-09

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From the CEOs Desk Background Objectives Vision Mission Coverage Activities at a Glance Health Initiatives Education Programme Free Computer Education Residential Bridge Course Centres Vidyagyan Scholarship Programme Social Tourism Awareness Campaign on NREGA Training under AHVY Programme of the DC Handicrafts GOI Income Generation Activity Skill Up gradation and Production under IGP Empowerment through Economic Independence Exhibitions Comparative Sales Growth of Last three years As a Resource Organisation Partnership and Networking Memberships Our Bankers Appreciation

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From the CEOs Desk

Friends, While appreciating all our artisans, partners, well wishers and members of staff for their sustained and encouraging support, I on behalf all our artisans and members of the board as well as our staff members take this opportunity of sharing our Annual Report for 2008-09 with you. We are in our twenty-fifth year of our movement towards providing economic independence and womens right based information to marginalized women and young girls, providing education to children of our artisans as well as children from the community and as we look back, we also find a long trail of deserving women and children who are yet to be addressed. Like previous years, this year too the enrollment of children to formal school by SEWA-Lucknows school has been 100%. This year, we have changed the name of our school from, SEWA Samudayik Shiksha Kendra to SEWA Montessori School. The scaling up programme of the school has been put on hold till we are able to mobilize separate funding for this programme. Residential Bridge Course Centres (RBCs) which was a short duration programme and had started last year, ended very successfully in Lucknow, Barabanki and Raebarelli districts. This programme which was meant for the school dropouts for the age group of 9 to 14 years old girls under the Sarva Sikchha Aviyan (SSA) in partnership with the Dep. of Basic Education, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh have concluded by our team being able to educate and bridge 180 girls in to formal schools in their respective districts Our Vidyagyan Scholarship programme for Children from Minorities, SCs of classes 6 to 10 in partnership with Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF), New Delhi is still on going in Bahadurpur block of Raebarelli distrct in Uttar Prades. The main objective of this programme was to identify formal schools and girl students who belong to the prescribed community. SEWA Lucknow in collaboration with RGF organised entrance examinitation and the girls who qualified become feasible for getting scholarship from RGF to attend special coaching classes that are conducted in various schools during non-class hours. This year, the project identified 49 govt. and non-govt. recognized schools and total 610 girls were registered. Of which, 519 appeared for the entrance and 138
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qualified from 16 schools. All students have their individual bank accounts in one particular bank. The scholarship money is sent to us in the form of DD by RGF. We submit this draft in the respective bank along with a list of the students in whose savings accounts the money is transfer by the bank. SEWA Lucknow project team members strictly monitors the childrens growth, train and orient teachers as well as take stock of overall inputs and outcomes of the progrmme at regular intervals. A campaign on community awareness on NREGA through SEWA Lucknow was implemented in the PACS project areas of five Gram Panchayats in Nindura Block of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh. This campaign which assured 100 days employment to the deserving rural people were not much clear in terms of concept and its mode of operation by government to most of the people in the community. This resulted in loss of attaining the programmatic goals of NREGA by both government as well as the deserving people in the community by not getting access to their entitlement of getting a 100 days assured job. On the other hand, a few who knew about the scheme, made hay using their as usual techniques of manipulations forgetting enlisted for the jobs. Thus, it got restricted to a few people only. AHVY Programme of the Development Commissioner Handicrafts (DCH) GOI has which started last year has taken an artisan based turn and has been able to organize varies trainings for these 200 women artisans in designs and stitches. The artisans have been trained by designated designers by DCH and have come up with a number of prototype samples that could be added on to the production line, as these prototypes are very different from the available market products. Most of the artisans have been linked with bank and also have been provided with Identity Cards issued by the Development Commissioner (handicrafts) GOIs office as recognized and registered artisans under their Office. Apart from this, Support through Rashtriya Mahila Kosh, NewDelhi to 1500 artisans, National Minority Finance Development Corporation, New Delhi to 500 artisans and State Bank Of India, Daliganj Branch Lucknow to another 1000 artisans has helped in developing capacities of 3000 women artisans for their regular and sustainable income. Our Social Rural Tourism programme under the concept of Fair Trade, in collaboration with our partner organization Viaggie Miraggi, Italy entertained 3 batches 10 each tourists from Italy. These tourists comprising of men and women were given exposure of rural India, visiting the historical sites of both British India and the Avadh. Their tour also included a visit to the holy shrine of Dewa Sharif. This year too we had many distinguished visitors from India and abroad. We are extremely thankful to them for having visited us. Through this letter of address, I
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on behalf of our artisans and members of staff take the opportunity of inviting people from across the world to please come and visit us as your visits motivates us to a large extent. Our sales through self organized National and International Exhibitions, catering through small order supplies and purchases done by our honorable visitors who have visited our organiation has taken an upward curve . Our showroom at Lucknow brought in reasonably good sales as well. We are yet to open our sales outlet in New Delhi, which was closed down due to sealing. This year we had organized an exhibition at the Nehru Centre in London. Last but most importantly, I would like to thank all our well wishers, buyers, partners, our artisan members followed by members of staff for their endless efforts which has made it possible for us to stand together as a family. Runa Banerjee
Chief Executive Officer

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Background Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) Lucknow is an autonomous organisation of Chikan artisans. Impetus for setting up SEWA-Lucknow came from a UNICEF sponsored study conducted in 1979 on the condition of Chikan artisans. The study established that over 40,000 Chikan artisans working in and around Lucknow were highly exploited in the industry even as middlemen made hay. As a result, Chikan artisans lived in shanty localities and suffered from poverty; they and their offspring were illiterate; and their families had poor health. Children were the worst sufferers as poverty paved its way for them to go through pains of malnutrition, unhygienic living conditions and illiteracy. For familys survival, extra earning became a need and the children became a victim of circumstances as they were dragged to work. Since 1979 there were constant interactions with the community for understanding the need of becoming self-reliant as well as a support for the earning members in the family. Regular value for work earning which will enable them to contribute respectable amount in the family. In 1984, Thirty-One women came together to register an organization of women artisans under the 1860 Societys Registration Act for CHIKANKARI. Self Employed Womens Association (SEWA Lucknow) was thus formed with a major agenda of doing away with the middleman and the organization to act as a platform from where the artisans would address the market directly. Objectives To ensure that Chikan craftswomen get sufficient work at fair wages without exploitation by middlemen Net work and partner with Fair Trade social minded Organisations for marketing To identify and develop promising new markets for Chikan products To organise Chikan workers by developing their confidence, leadership potential and sense of security To train members in purchase, production, management, marketing and accounting To upgrade the skills of artisans through training programmes which will improve the quality and range of their work To revive and revitalize the traditional craft and take it to its original level of refinement To provide a strong platform for artisans which women can bargain for higher wages from traders and middlemen To ensure social benefits like educational and health facilities for members and their children Vision To set up an egalitarian and gender just society Mission To serve the marginalized women by providing them training, linked with production and marketing, and by eliminating middlemen for their socio-economic empowerment and sustainable development. Coverage Ten districts of Uttar Pradesh, One district of Uttaranchal and one district of Gujrat. The intensity of coverage, however, varies. In last two decades, the strength of women artisans members has grown from 31 to more than 7000 as on date.
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Activities at a Glance
1. Health Initiatives SEWA Lucknow through its on going programmes like the AHVY, RBCs, Vidya Gyan, RMK and its SEWA Montessori School (SMS), has carried out health check up and awareness camps amongst its community with special focus on women and children. Apart from health camps, SEWA Lucknow has been continuously providing referral services to its artisans in case they require better medical attention through government hospitals and nursing homes.

Activities done at the community level and reach Activity Target Group Place / Location No of Activities (1 Activity per Quarter) 4 Reach

SMS Children General Health Check-up RBC Children

Women and Child Health checkup and awareness

Vidya Gyan Children Artisans and Community

SEWA Lucknow Artisans and Staff members

Brahm Nagar, Sitapur Road, Lucknow City (Urban) - Garikinora Urban Slum, Lucknow Dist - Bachrawan, Raebarelly Dist. (Rural) - Tikayatganj, (Rural) Barabanki Dist. Jais in Bahadurpur Development Block of Raebarelly (Rural) - Garikinora Urban Slum, Lucknow Dist - Kushalganj in Kakori Development of Block of Lucknow Dist. (Rural) SEWA Lucknow Head Office in Lucknow City (Urban) and within Head Office Campus

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All the school camps (SMS, RBCs and Vidyagyan) were organized in their respective school and centers in which the teachers offered their services as volunteers. As for rural camps, the community provided space, required furniture, screens and other requisites. Men and women also offered their voluntary services like organizing and giving their helping hands for maintaining systematic and disciplined implementation.

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Education Programme

SEWA Lucknow has been running a school since 1982 known as the SEWA Samudayik Shiksha Kendra which at present is known as SEWA Montessori School.
Republic Day celebration by school children

This institution has been imparting education to the children of the artisans as well as the children from the community. This school has classes from Nursery to standard eight. The course that is followed for the higher classes is as per the course and syllabus of the Department of Education Government of Uttar Pradesh. It has tie-up with a formal school from where the children appear for their primary and upper class examinations. Children are linked with formal schools on successful completion of standard eight. Like any other year, this too the children participated in the annual events and the senior children were also taken out for exposures to various educational institutions, post offices and banks as the younger ones visited the zoo. With the present days health alarming situations, the management of the organization this year carried out quarterly (four) general health check-up of all students.

Celebration of 26th January was a memorable one. After the National Flag hosting, Children from nursery to class eight performed by presenting patriotic dances and skits. The events concluded with distribution of sweets.
I am ready for my Performance

The SEWA Montessori School still continues its collaboration with Data Mission Foundation and provides computer training to students above class four under an experienced computer teacher. These children also appear for examination as the course has been built their syllabus. They learn the basics through a designed course on Microsoft. Every student has access to computers as they get to practically work on them. Computer Education SEWA Lucknow in collaboration with Data Foundation, New Dehi has been imparting free computer education on Microsoft to children from marginalized families. To make this programme successful, SEWA Lucknow Lucknow has provided free space with furniture and electricity, telephones as well as examination hall with sitting arrangements for the students. Last year the center has educated 115 children and women.

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Residential Bridge Course Centres In the month of March 2007, SEWA Lucknow under the, Sarva Shikchha Avian (SSA) 2007, had implemented this programme in partnership with Dept. of Basic Education, Govt. Of Uttar Pradesh to provide education to children of age group of 9-14 years through formal schools, education guarantee scheme or through alternative schools up class five. This was for providing them primary education.

Children in recreation mood at the Residential Bridge Course Centre

This programme concluded in 31st August 2007 and 4th September 2007 respectively. Keeping the objectives and goals of the SSA programme in mind, SEWA Lucknow had implemented this programme under the term Residential Bridge Course (RBC), which identified both school dropouts as well as children who has not been to school and provide them education. The Residential Bridge Course Centers were established in three districts of Uttar Pradesh- Barabanki, Raebarelly and Lucknow and 60 each girl children from age group of 9-14 years were enrolled at the three centers. With the completion of the programme in the month of August and September 2007, the programme by achieving its thyme and objective was able to mainstream 100%. That is, all 180 children were enrolled in to formal schools. 4. Vidyagyan Scholarship programme This programme was implemented in the month of October 2007 in three Nay Panchayats: Odari, Mhaiya Kesaria and Sarai Mahesha in Bahadurpur block of Raebarelly in partnership with Rajiv Ganndhi Foundation (RGF), New Delhi for
Children in their coaching classes

providing scholarship assistance to girl students falling under the categories of Muslim and Scheduled Caste from different govt. middle schools and recognized private middle schools of the block. As per last years plan, it was decided that new batch of students for the year 20082009 would have to appear for entrance tests and the qualifying students would be linked with coaching classes. Accordingly, this year, the project identified 49 govt. and non-govt. recognized schools and a total of 610 girls were registered. Of which, 519 appeared for the entrance and 138 qualified from 16 different schools. All 138 students from this year as well as 155 from last year are under going their coaching at City Public School, Jais and Junior High School, Sarwan in Fursatganj .

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Every individual student has a saving bank account in State Bank Of India, Jais Branch. The scholarship money is sent to SEWA Lucknow in the form of Demand Draft by RGF. We submit this draft in the respective bank along with a list of the students in whose savings accounts the money is transfer by the bank. The project team members strictly monitor the childrens growth, train and orient teachers as well as take stock of overall inputs and outcomes of the progrmme at regular intervals. Another programme that has been implemented this year in the month of March through RGF under project, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Pustakalaya are two Community Libraries in Bahadurpur Block, which would help both the students, as well as the community at large in information sourcing and literature.
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Pustakalaya

A two days residential training through RGF to librarians and teachers were also imparted for systematic operation of the libraries. 5. Social Tourism It was another year of understanding Indian Social Values by different groups from Italy who spent a whole day in a village interacting with the village community as well as playing with children.

A tourist during visit to a village All mothers are alike

Social and Cultural understanding mixed with history of India in which one otherwise would have not got if they had not visited the Residency, where the first Sipoi Mutiny (revolt by the Indians solders in the British Army) took place and to get to see the wonderful architectures that the Nawabs of Avadh has left behind adding beauty and glamour to the city of Lucknow. Apart from arts crafts which in which India is already very rich, this tourism also delivers a package on Fair Trade for the world community to know and understand why we should respect and learn from each other. Most importantly, how our values can add for brining about a fair world within which we could perhaps share all that we have with each other and bring about a better social and economic understanding by practically interacting with one another as one global family. Its through Fair Trade that SEWA Lucknow has initiated a process since last three years for bringing together the world community. We are happy that so far more than a 100 people from Italy have come to Lucknow through this concept of Social Tourism. SEWA Lucknow has also educated people who come as tourists so that they could go back and work on similar issues if they choose to do so on Fair Trade in their country or, at least be a part of the movement for brining about global understanding and peace.
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A Community Awareness Campaign on National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) conducted in Five Gram Panchayats of Nindura Block in Barabaki District of Uttar Pradesh in which PACS was implemented by SEWA Lucknow A campaign on community awareness on NREGA through SEWA Lucknow was implemented in the PACS project areas of five Gram Panchayats in Nindura Block of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh. This campaign which assured 100 days employment to the deserving rural people were not much clear in terms of concept and its mode of operation by government to most of the people in the community.

Community Awareness Camp

This resulted in loss of attaining the programmatic goals of NREGA both by government as well as the deserving people in the community in not getting access to their entitlement nor getting their 100 days assured jobs. On the other hand, a few who knew about the scheme, made hay using their as usual techniques of manipulations forgetting enlisted for the jobs. Thus, it got restricted to a few people only. It was not possible for the project to intervene in a mass scale to combat this situation, but still with its limited resource the project team members thought of an intervention mode, which would help in replication through an inductive method. So, they decided to choose five (5) Gram Panchayats from Nindura Block of Barabanki district in which the team had its previous presence of over three years and launched the campaign on 11 th July 2008, which lasted till 20th August 2008. The Gram Panchayats, which this campaign covered, were: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Bisai Basara Mahmoodpur Banoga Bahraulli Kurshi

The objective for this campaign was to and the following which were termed under the major inputs of the campaign. a. b. c. d. e. f. To aware the community about the NREGA Programme To remove and clear out all the myths and misunderstandings that were created about this programme How to do away and get over the hurdles that the community were facing in getting benefit of this programme To get the interested and deserving families registered for NREGA job line To fully aware the community about the rules and regulations of NREGA To insist on written demands for work allotments

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Status of NREGA in the Intervened GPs Pre- Awareness Campaign Sl. No . Name of GP Total Population Registered Families Job Card Distri bution No. of families got employment for NREGA 60 60 50 No. of wait list families for getting employment

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Bisai Basara Mahmoodpur Banoga

2100 1685 2000

Male 117 85 180

Female 27 00 7

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Bahrouli Kurshi

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327 400

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Data prevailing before intervention Status of NREGA in the Intervened GPs Post Awareness Campaign Sl. No. Name of GP No. of families for employment (approx) 194 115 217 627 650 No. of Registered families No. of Registration during awareness campaign 25 --30 -55 No. of Registration to be done

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Bisai Basara Mahmoodpur Banoga Bahrouli Kurshi

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25 30 30 270 100 455

Total 1803 Data showing further addition after intervention

Some of the Major Outcomes of the Awareness Campaign Decrease in labour migration from the GPs. More opportunity of work to poor families in their areas. Progress in Construction work. Improved knowledge about NREGA Resolution of Misconceptions about the schemes. Opportunity of inter face between beneficiaries and block officials. Initiation of written demand of work. Knowledge of problem solving by officially writing applications.

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Training under AHVY Programme of the DC Handicrafts GOI

Under The AHVY Programme of the DC Handicrafts (DCH), Govt. Of India, Two hundred (200) women were identified last year in the main clusters of Garhikinaura and Khushalganj and were formed in to 20 groups, that is 1 group : 10 women. The process of electing their President and Treasurers were also completed in the previous year. These women were also linked with their respective banks in their areas. Having done the spadework of Group formation and bank linkages, now the programme with further support of the DCH issued Identity Cards to the beneficiary artisans. With this, these women artisans have now become officially registered with the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Govt. Of India. For brining about better efficiency and accountability of this programme, SEWA Lucknow has opened a field office at Shramvihar Nagar of Gahikinora Cluster and has deputed three Programme Officers, who apart from AHVY programme also look after three other programmes. The major achievement of this year for the programme has been, being able to impart craft development techniques to its artisans. As we know that, the base line study done before implementation of this programme strongly pointed out at artisans producing only prototype motifs and designs. Thus, the programme for obvious reasons focused on developing the capacities of the artisans so as to break away from their preset designs and motifs and get to learn the latest designs and to achieve this goal, the Office of the DCH provided on time support to these artisan with a four month training programme for skill up gradation. Training Details at a Glance Training - 1 Type of Training No of Trainees per workshop No of Workshops Total Artisans Trained Training Duration Total Types of Stitches Ghass Patti, Murri, Phanda, Bakheya, Etc.

Skill Upgradation

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No of Workshops

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Design and Technical Development Workshop

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Skill Up-gradation For coming up with an effective and result-oriented outcome, all artisans were not included in this training programme. After taking proper interview by both DCH officials and SEWA Lucknow staff members, 60 artisans were selected to undertake this training. The trained senior artisans of SEWA Lucknow who have long experience of producing varied intrigated stitched, imparted the Skill up-gradation training

Mr.B.Singh, Asst. Director handing over toolkit to a trainee

to these 60 women artisans. The major out come of the training was getting to learn the art of producing uniformly balanced elegant presentation of all different stitches. Design and Technical Development Workshop Like the skill up-gradation training, this programme too was done by interviewing the artisans. Two impaneled NIFT / NID designers of DC Handicrafts imparted these trainings. The trainees were oriented on the various types of cuts,

Designer from NIFT in discussion with Asst. Director Mr.B.Singh.. Trainees performing under the supervision of designer

shapes and designs that are in demand in the present markets in our country. The designers also developed 30 prototypes so that the artisans practically get to understand the styles and shapes. Later, the artisans were made to do the Chikankari (hand embroidery) work for bringing the prototype products to an elegant finish. A glance at some of the Prototypes

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AHVY Programme a Turnkey Shape It was important for the Self Help Group artisans, to understand the commercial value of their work and so SEWA Lucknow in partnership with
A glimpse of the Exhibition at Mumbai

Development Commissioner Handicrafts, New Delhi organized a ten days exhibitions at Sea Club and World Trade Centre in Mumbai in the month of October 2008 in which the artisans directly interacted with the buyers, and also got an orientation of retail selling as sales women. Apart from exhibiting and selling of finished products, the artisans gave live demonstration so that the visitors have a hands-on knowledge about creation of this ethnic craft, which goes as value addition on various garments and home furnishings. The yesterdays artisans who were stuck to only prototype designs and shapes, and were being exploited by middlemen, today has been able to interact, bargain and sell their products directly to the customers in Mumbai. It is a move towards achieving the objective AHVY Programme. Motivations There were a number of visitors who visited the cluster to have a clearer understanding of Self Help Groups functioning, and to take note of how economic development directly correlates with social empowerment of women. These visitors included, Sri Harsh Educational

Programme Officer detailing tourists on AHVY Programme

Society (SHES), of Ravulapalem district of Andhra Pradesh, who came for a ten days exposure visit to share and understand the functioning of this programme. SHES have also under taken an AHVY project in their area and were sent by The office of the Development Commissioner Handicrafts of Andhra Pradesh in coordination with the CRO - DC (H) Lucknow. Different groups of Italian tourists who were inducted by SEWA Lucknow in Fair Trade came in different groups to visit the AHVY Programme. Other visitors included: IAS Trainee Officers Students from NIFT and NID, Management Students from the University of Lucnknow Senior Officials from The Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) New Delhi, National Minority Finance Development Corporation (NMFDC), New Delhi, Officials from Planning Commission, GOI Small Industries Development Bank Of India (SIDBI) Lucknow

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All artisans, including the members of the programme staff appreciate the visitors and welcome many more to come and visit the AHVY programme. Their visits generate confidence and also act as a factor of motivation to all artisans and programme staff members in the cluster. 8. Income Generation Activity

All other development in a person can take place only if there is assured regular income. Thus the organization firmly believes in economic development as the nucleus for any other development in a person.

SEWA-Lucknow since last twenty five years have spent qualitative time on training and capacity building of its associated artisans who today are the back bone of the organisation. Many of them have not only been able establish themselves as regular producers for their own set of buyers in the local markets. These associated artisans also produce for SEWA Lucknow as and when required. The other achievement, which the organisation has had, is providing regular design, technical and marketing support to 5040 individual entrepreneurs who sell their finished products to SEWA Lucknow. Thus these artisans have a ready market, which pays them as per the rates that has been worked out between them and the core artisan team of SEWA-Lucknow and also in time. These artisans with back-up support of SEWA Lucknow have become fully confident in bargaining for their prices, conducting regular meetings, maintaining books of accounts, regular repayments to bank and their average income has started showing significant growth. Skill Up gradation and Production under IGP Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), New Delhi, National Minority Finance Development Corporation and State Bank of India (SBI) supported Skill up gradation and Production activity for chikankari to 3000 women artisans through credit facilities (Loan). RMK NMFDCSBI1500 artisans in Unnao, Barabanki and Lucknow district 500 artisans in Urban Slums of Lucknow District 1000 artisans in Garikinora, Lucknow

These artisans with their capacities developed for value adding various garments and home furnishings with Chikankari been able have regular and sustained income. Empowerment through Economic Independence Production works done by the women artisans of SEWA Lucknow are purely home based. These artisans produce at home only after they have done their days domestic work. While speaking about economic empowerment of the artisans, we need to first understand that, there will not be a large number of artisans who completely maintain their family with earnings from Chikankari production. Rather, all these women artisans who other wise had no income are now
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earning by producing this craft and are contributing in their familys income. By doing so, they have been able to create a space for themselves in the family as well as in the society. The vision of the organisation is to set up an egalitarian and gender just society. While achieving this, it was important for the organisation to put the artisans on a regular earning track through which a women would be able to contribute forwards her familys income and there by be gradually be accepted in decision making for the family and also get respected by men and women in the society.

Exhibitions

National and International Exhibitions of SEWA Lucknow 2008-2009 at a Glance

National April, 08 May August September October January09 February March Mumbai Kolkata

International

July - London Mumbai Gurgaon Ahemdabad Kolkata Mumbai Kanpur New Delhi Mumbai New Delhi Jaipur Lucknow

It needs to be mentioned that, our sales comprise purchases of semi-finished products that has been made and sold to the organiation by some of the individual entrepreneurs who have been linked with various financial institutions. There are also many more similar associated individual entrepreneurs who have been working on this craft for many years by getting technical and design support from the organization and have found their own set of buyers. They do not sell their products to SEWA Lucknow.

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Thus, practically the products for sales by the organization comes from two sets of artisans: 1. 2. Some of the individual entrepreneur artisans who have sold their semi-finished products to the organization Artisans who are yet to be linked and are producing only on job work basis and getting their wages in return. As a Resource Organisation

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SEWA Lucknow has been resourceful for many organizations and institutions in India and abroad. It has been an institution for inspiration and learning to many upcoming future designers from the National Institute of Designs (NID), National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) as well as many from many Management Institutes that would provide future managers to the country. These students include MBAs from in Rural Development and MSWs from the University Of Lucknow who underwent their internship in the organization. 10. Partnership and Networking

It has been a regular practice with SEWA-Lucknow to partner and network with alike minded organizations. Over the years, this practice has brought about valuable learning for the organization as we also feel proud and honored to have such wonderful partners with whom we share and learn. Organisation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 11. 1. 2. 3. 4. 12. BETI Foundation Trust Consultants Bank of Baroda Indian Bank SIDBI Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group Jan Vikas DC Handicrafts, Govt. Of India Rashtriya Mahila Kosh National Minority Finance Dev. Coprn. Rajiv Gandhi Foundation Comitato Per SEWA Viaggie Miraggi Memberships UPVAN, Lucknow Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), Govt. Of India, New Delhi Fair Trade Forum India (FTF-I), New Delhi World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO), The Netherlands Our Bankers Place Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow Gorakhpur Gujrat New Delhi New Delhi New Delhi New Delhi Italy Italy

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It is our privilege to have such efficient and committed bankers who have been extending their banking support to us for many years. We would like to continue to build further trust and stronger understanding so as to have a long-term relationship with all our bankers. 1. 2. 3. 4. Bank of Baroda ICICI Bank Limited Canara Bank State Bank Of India We on behalf of all our artisans and members of staff appreciate your visit to our organization. It was very encouraging and motivating for all of us at SEWA-Lucknow. We welcome many more people from across the globe to visit us so that we are able to share each others views and also get an opportunity to learn from one another. We thank you for your visit.

Appreciation

Two of SEWA Lucknows artisans at the European Fair Trade Fair in Lyon, France

Some of the eminent visitors were: Names Ms. Malti Khirnar Dr. Renu S Parmar Mr. AK Nanda Smt. Sarojini Mr. Mukesh Maurya Prof. RK Singh Mr. Umesh Pathak Mr. Anil Kr. Singh Mr. Sunil Kr. Yadav Mr. Sudhir Kargwal Mr. Dinesh Chandra Sharma Ms. Ashma Jahangir Ms. Campanella Aurora Ms. Fogli Alessandra Ms. Campagna Marina Ms. Mengardo Silvia Mr. Campagna Gaetano Mr. Bausani Giorgio

From Nasik Cooperative Bank, Maharashtra Planning Commission, New Delhi RMK, New Delhi WDO, Dehradoon, Uttarakhand NIPCCD, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Social Work, University of Lucknow Star News, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh PANI, Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Alwar, Rajasthan Pilani, Rajasthan Moradabad Lahore, Pakistan Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy

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