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Focus Area 07

Sustainable Livelihoods

Upliftment means income that lasts. We set up community-owned livelihoods that use local materials, traditional skills and sustainable methods. Families in rural and tribal areas can then earn a good living without leaving home or using up the resources around them.

Women working together at a community handloom weaving unit
A weaver practising her craft on a traditional loom
Traditional indigo dyeing in progress, Jaipur, Rajasthan

What this looks like
on the ground

Community-owned livelihoods
Rooted in local materials and traditional skills
No migration required to earn a living
Resource use that does not deplete the land
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