Dahiben is a senior weaver with decades of experience. She has passed on the skills to her younger family members and also to other women in the village. On the Success Story of Dahiben, she is elated that VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India is reviving this dying trade.
Rohini comes from a family line of weaver and embroidery artisans. She wishes to carry on with this as it is where her passion lies. She specialises in tassel finishing and mirror embroidery. She works closely with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural in reviving the craft.
Komal is an embroidery and tassels finishing expert. She supports herself and her family with her crafts skills.
Another artisan from a long line of weavers. Rukmani specialises in completion of shawls and stoles. Her entire living comes from VE-WE-GE products.
Hansaben worked as a laborer and was financially struggling. Now thanks to VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India, she is doing embroidery work on stoles a shawls and managing to support her family and the education of her daughter who is in 10th standard. In her success story video, she describes the progress made by working with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India.
Khimal is a weaver and embroidery artisans. She has a a goal of educating her young daughter and giving her and her family a good living. Working with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India, Khimal is happy she can achieve this.
Priya comes from a long line if weavers and has done the same after marriage. She was concerned about the trade dying away due to cheaper mass machine made non natural material shawls. She feels happy now that she is working in a group of ladies.
Padmaben worked as a laborer previously. Recently, she has been trained in weaving and embroidery work. Her life has improved drastically with the change in her career and working with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India.
Komal is am experienced weaver and is happy to work with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India in reviving the industry to support her village and community.
Monika comes from a line of weavers. She’s a student of the art and is hoping to revive the dying trade by working with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India.
Mital comes from a long line of family from her father’s side. She is an embroidery and tassel finishing expert. Her whole family’s income comes from stole and shawl production. Works closely with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India in supplying quality products and ensuring the artisans’ handcrafted industry goes on.
Raniben works with her husband in producing natural material shawls and stoles. Her husband will skillfully create the shawls and stoles on the Handloom. Raniben will then skillfully finish the embroidery work, mirror work, and tassel finishing. Together, they provide sustainable living for their parents, their children, and their extended family.
Jigneshbhai is a weaver. His part of weaving and fir his wife to finish off the shawl or stole with embroidery and tassel finishing takes 4 to 5 days for a single piece. Taking his time so quality is of the highest workmanship. He also uses only the highest quality natural material threads for weaving. This is the daily living for him and his family.
Jagdish gave up his studies to join his father in rescuing the natural material handcrafted shawl and stole industry from perishing. He works closely with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India in training and coaching women artisans at every level. His love for this artistic industry is unbelievable.
Keshavjibhai is a gem. He is a master weaver and he coaches and trains the women working with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India project of empowering women entrepreneur group. He is determined and passionate about working with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India in ensuring that natural material handcrafted shawl and stole industry is not destroyed by cheaper chemical and synthetic mass factory products low quality substitutes. For him it’s only correct when it is made with natural and sustainable materials by hand.
Amrutji is a master weaver who comes from a long line of weavers. He has combined traditional trade with contemporary style and design to give something new to the market. He is a mentor and coach to the women artisans. He is very passionate about Women Empowerment and seeing the women of his village succeed. He refers to these women as his family. In the video below he talks about this trade being their bread and butter and is very keen to work with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India to increase the standard of their lifestyles.
Mayur is a Handloom weaver. He works closely with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India in supplying quality natural material shawls and stoles. After failing his 10th, both he and his family realized his passion is not in academic studies but in being an artisan in the weaving trade. And he has become a master in this.
Rahul comes from a family line of weavers. He is a college student also. College education is a back up as handcrafted shawl and stole industry is becoming a dying trade. He’s main ambition is to work with VE-WE-GE Empowering Rural India and to revive the trade that is close to his heart.
