In India one out of 3 girls from the middle- and low-income families are married before the age of 18. This practice still exists in the interior regions towards the northern parts of the country. Living in acute poverty many of them are unable to...
Ruby Devi as a young girl stopped going to school since she did not find it interesting. As she looks back today she regrets having left her education midway. Her desire to study now is a dream unfulfilled as she single handedly shoulders the responsibility...
Christmas is a festive Season of Hope & Joy. It is celebrated every year to commemorate the birth of Christ and celebrate Him coming to Earth leaving His glory to undo the sins of man. During this season families and friends gather together to spend...
The beautiful young Anam lives in a rented room in the slums of north east Delhi the capital city of India with her mother and brother. The sudden passing of her father left the family in severe financial crisis. Her family struggled to make ends meet...
Asha Handicrafts Association was honoured to take part in the ‘Hastkala Setu Yojana’ a Government of Gujarat project supported through Commissionerate of Cottage and Rural Industries, implemented by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India-EDII, Ahmedabad. The primary aim of this initiative was to create successful grassroots entrepreneurs,...
Papier-mâché is a creative and beautiful handicraft; it has rich history from all around the world tracing all the way back to 200 AD during the Han dynasty. It is quite popular in Egypt, Persia, Japan, India, Pakistan, Europe, Russia and Mexico. In the 15th...
Asha Handicrafts Association participated in the International Fair Trade Summit (23-26 August 2022) Berlin, the largest gathering of Fair Trade businesses and allies. This was organized by the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), the International Fair Trade Summit is the world’s largest gathering of Fair Trade...
The traditional art form ‘Kalamkari craft’ is primarily block printing or hand painting on fabric. Long ago folk singers and artists would travel from village to village to narrate stories from Hindu mythology to the villagers. As time passed by, the business of sharing these...
Farzana Begum is a native of ‘Kekri’ a tiny village in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Due to society pressures, that discouraged girl child education, she dropped out of school at the age of 8. Having no say at all in the matter, little Farzana,...
The World Fair Trade Day 2024 celebration falls on the second Saturday in the Month of May every year. This is a global celebration led by Fair Trade Enterprises across the globe. This year World Fair Trade Day celebration took place on May 14th 2022...