Her Craft: Backing Women Artisans

In this episode, we bring you extraordinary stories from Uttarakhand, where craftswomen demonstrated enormous resilience and innovative thinking to brave the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, aided by Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund, which received a generous fund from American Express.

In this episode we bring you stories of resilience of craftswomen of Rajasthan’s camel herder communities - Raika- famous for fine applique work, who braved steep odds during the pandemic, aided by Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund, which had secured a grant from American Express.

In this episode, we will tell you about Punjab’s women artisans engaged with traditional handicrafts, and how they managed to stay afloat with help from Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund supported by a grant from American Express.

In this episode we take you through the stories of survival, resilience, and revival of Bandhej artistes of the Sekhawati region, aided by American Express’s grant to Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund.

In this episode, we take you through stories of women weavers in Haryana who managed to find innovative ways to revive their enterprises despite the Covid-19 pandemic, ably aided by American Express’s grant to Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund.

In this episode, we bring you stories of palm leaf weavers from Tamil Nadu who battled several hardships in a pandemic year and emerged triumphant after receiving assistance from Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund, following a grant from American Express.

In this episode, we tell you about the stories of the patuas and the patachitra, known as the pioneers of animation, taking you through the struggle and survival of some of these women who got assistance from a grant by American Express to Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund.

In this episode, we give you a glimpse into the cottage wool industry of Himachal Pradesh and how resilient women artisans braved the odds through the pandemic through support from American Express’s contribution to Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund.

In this episode, we listen to the experiences of Kashmiri craftswomen engaged in traditional embroidery, and how Naie Kiran helped artisans rebuild their tiny enterprises through support from American Express’s contribution to Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund.

In this episode, we take you to Assam where Mulberry, an NGO, helped 50 most affected women weavers for immediate hand- holding in two villages through support from American Express’s contribution to Dastkar’s Artisan Support Fund.