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Finely Woven Shawl (pink/yellow) 25x65"

WomenWeave (India) charitable trust committed to transforming handloom weaving into a viable, sustainable, and autonomous income-earning activity for women. WomenWeave (WW) was started in 1998 by Sally Holkar, who co-founded the non-profit Rehwa Society in 1978 to help weavers in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh. Handloom weaving is the second largest source of livelihood in India’s remote and semi-urban populations, supporting seven million Indian families. With the industry eroding and husbands and sons leaving for opportunities in urban areas, women stay behind at home taking care of young children or vying for low pay as day laborers. At WomeWeave, mothers, daughters, and wives are taught weaving, product design, business skills, and marketing. WomenWeave focuses on completely unskilled women who have no other source of income, favoring those who are divorced, widowed, separated, handicapped, or are agricultural laborers. By linking weavers with cotton farmers of the Nimar district, they have direct access to quality raw materials. dosa works with WomenWeave’s Gudi Mudi Project in Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh. “Gudi mudi” means scrunched in the local language and describes the attractive, natural quality of their handspun, handwoven khÄÂÂÂÂ?dÄ« fabrics. Since its inception in 2007, the Gudi Mudi Project has trained more than 160 women to weave or spin, empowering the weakest and poorest section of women in the area. (2013)
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Special Notes:
If the winner is a member of the New Roads School community, no shipping charge will be assessed, and the winner may pick the item up at New Roads School once a distribution day is announced (approx 6 days after the auction closes and payments are processed).
For other winning bidders, a shipping charge of $ 13 will be added to the winning bid for this item. The item will be shipped by USPS priority flat rate with tracking once the auction is closed and payment has been processed. (If one bidder wins multiple items, we will attempt to consolidate shipping and reduce charges. Based on size, shape and packaging of some items, this may not always be possible. Shipping charges may be higher to Alaska, Hawaii and locations outside the United States.

Item Special Note

If the winner is a member of the New Roads School community, no shipping charge will be assessed, and the winner may pick the item up at New Roads School once a distribution day is announced (approx 6 days after the auction closes and payments are processed).

For other winning bidders, a shipping charge of  $ 6.00 will be added to the winning bid for this item.  The item will be shipped by USPS priority flat rate with tracking once the auction is closed and payment has been processed.  (If one bidder wins multiple items, we will attempt to consolidate shipping and reduce charges.  Based on size, shape and packaging of some items, this may not always be possible.  Shipping charges may be higher to Alaska, Hawaii and locations outside the United States.