| The Workshop
TWIN Workshop was
started in 1997, to fulfil the objective of women empowerment by
imparting vocational training
to the women living in slums of Tollygunge. The idea of the programme
is to enable these women to obtain employable
skills culminating in self
reliance.
The workshop has facilities for production of:
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Knitting unit
In this unit, women from the slums were
trained to produce woollen sweaters in knitting machines and garments
with sewing machines. Some women
were given loan to buy knitting machines, thereby enabling to make
sweaters and garments working from home in their spare time. These
sweaters are used
by TWIN children.
Tailoring unit
This unit is equipped
with requisite Sewing and Embroidery machines for
the production of good quality
garments. The workshop is open 3 hours
per day and 5 days a week.
Paper Pulp Unit
Every afternoon, nine women make
beautiful paper pulp articles. With
waste paper/egg cartoons, water, gum, moulds and shiny paints they make
all
sorts of items: statuettes, flower vases, decorative items, candle
holders, ...
Stuffed toys and Bead Unit
In this unit, eight women make
jewellery, stuffed toys and decorative
items such as hanging items, door decorations, cushions, curtain
ties,...
At
the beginning, samples
and moulds for the production of Stuffed Toys and Paper Pulp articles
were obtained from Belgium and the products
were sold at Christmas Fair in Belgium. Now the these products are
marketed only in India and new products suitable for local markets, are
being produced. The aim is to make
the workshop
self supporting.
Christmas Fair in Belgium