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..::MIZO WEAVING PROJECT::..
NAME OF THE PROJECT:
TRAINING IN WEAVING
AREA OF OPERATION: MIZORAM -
Kawnpui, Thenzawl and Lawngtlai villages in Mizoram, North East India
AIM:
To educate and rehabilitate school dropout girls and women to become
economically self reliant in these backward region where young women
are confined mostly to their homes and are not employed. These
women hail from poor economically backward families. Their income
is much below the poverty line.
OBJECTIVE:
To generate income for self reliance by providing skills in weaving to
young women - school dropout village girls which will facilitate their
rehabilitation and help them to generate income for self reliance and
will also add to the family income for better living conditions, food
as well as their medical needs.
TARGET GROUP:
Mizoram has remained backward economically. The backwardness is
attributed to physical and psychological alienation, lack of mineral
resources in the state, distance from the heart of the country, coupled
with communication bottleneck etc. 70% of the population lived in
rural areas, and almost 53% of the population lived below poverty
line. Removal of poverty has been the primary concern, especially
to the lower income families. Therefore, this project of training
in weaving will target poor girls and lower income families who cannot
afford to complete their schools. These girls are aged from 12
and above. These girls hail from rural areas in Mizoram.
JOB PROSPECT
Mizo women are wearing their traditional hand woven dress called Puan.
The demand of puan is on the rise as part of the cultural
survival. Especially, a creative and a traditional art work and
cultural symbols are on demands. The market of this weaving
products will be both in Mizoram and outside of Mizoram. Crafts
designed are as follows,
1. Varieties of traditional women's dresses
2. Modern weaving
3. Tapestry
4. Shawls (in different sizes and in colours)
5. Placemats and tablecloths
6. Different kinds and sizes of wall hanging
7. Doormats, bags, vests, etc.
Those girls, who received training in weaving, will have two
opportunities for employment. One is the girls can start their
own looms by taking loans from the department of Industries, Government
of Mizoram. The other opportunity is the girls can be employed in
the existing handloom industries run by a private sectors. The
average salary varies from Rs. 1500 - 4000 depending on the sale they
made.
IMPLEMENTATION:
Zozeh has identified handlooms centres in three villages in
Mizoram. The three villages are such as Kawnpui, Thenzawl and
Lawngtlai. Kawnpui is situated in the north Mizoram, Thenzawl is
situated in the middle of Mizoram and Lawngtlai is situated in the
south of Mizoram. The distance between Kawnpui and Thenzawl will
be 150 km, and the distance between Thenzawl and Lawngtlai will be
another 130 km. From all aspects of training, education, market,
unemployment, rehabilitation, these centres have been carefully
identified.
In these three villages, the existing handloom centres will be
identified so that the girls can take training from them. The
girls come not only from the designated villages, but also from the
nearby villages. The training period will be 6 months. Each
centre will train 6 girls at each batch. That means one centre
will train 12 girls in a year, and 36 girls in three years. The
total girls expected to receive training in three centres will be 108
girls.
The girls who benefited from this training will have two opportunities;
one is to establish their own loom by taking loan from the Department
of Industries, Government of Mizoram. The second opportunity will be
working at the existing handloom industry run by private enterprises.
Responsibility of Coordinator
There will be three Coordinators one from each centre.
Ms.Lalawmpuii, MA is appointed as the Coordinator of Kawnpui as well as
the Supervisor of all the weaving projects. Lalawmpuii is well versed
with the nature and function of Zozeh. For the centre of Thenzawl,
Ms.Sangi is appointed as the Coordinator. Ms.Sangi had experienced in
weaving. For the centre of Lawngtlai, Ms. K.R..Chhingpuii, Lawngtlai
Bazar Veng, is appointed as the Coordinator.
The Coordinators will ensure that the trainees participate in the
programme day to day basis, supervise their progress and assist them in
any way necessary to complete the training programme
successfully. This could include help with the theory input and
any of such. The Coordinator will follow up after the completion
of training and job placement. After the training programme the
Coordinator will help to place the trainees either in established
handloom centres or secure a bank loan to set up a loom in their own
homes for peace work which can be supplied to the already running
centres.
Responsibility of Supervisor
One of these three Coordinators at Kawnpui will take overall
responsibility as Supervisor to all the projects and ensure stability,
continuity and job placement at the culmination of the programme.
Such an incumbent will necessarily need to under take travel to all the
centres atleast once in every two months. She will visit other
centres once in every three months the progress made by the trainees to
make sure of the progress made by the girls. The supervisor will
be in touch with Zozeh and give reports and financial statements every
six months.
BUDGET PROPOSAL:
Training fee (Rs. 10,000
per person for 108 students)
|
Rs.
|
10,80,000 |
| Honorarium for 2
Coordinators (Rs. 6000 p.m. for 3 years) |
Rs.
|
4,32,000 |
Stipends (Rs. 1000 per
month for 108 students for 6 months)
|
Rs.
|
6,48,000 |
Honorarium for overall
Supervisor (Rs. 6000 p.m. for 3years)
|
Rs.
|
2,16,000 |
| Stationery (Rs. 600 for
108 persons) |
Rs.
|
64,800 |
| Miscellaneous expenditure
(Rs. 20,000 each year) |
Rs.
|
60,000 |
| Total |
Rs.
|
25,00,800
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(Rupees twenty five lakhs eight hundred) only.
Request
Anyone who is keen to this line of project is requested to help us as
the need is urgent in order to implement the above weaving project.
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