VOH facilitated a handicrafts training program for 25 women in Jatehar village close to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh. The first training was sponsored by ISAP, a Delhi based NGO starting from 10th August, 2010.
Handicrafts training program in Jatehar Panchayat near Dharamshala
During 15 days of training 25 women mostly from BPL families were provided training in making pine needle based handicrafts. The topics covered under the training were harvesting of pine needles, treatment of needles, weaving of pine needles, tray making, pot making and basket weaving etc.
Women in this region have been traditionally making crafts from grass and wheat straw. Use of pine needles for making handicrafts is a new introduction in this area. Pine needles are being used by artisans in North and South America to make traditional handicrafts.
This program was organized in association with Kangra Mahila Sabha.