Duration:- June 2014 to Continue….
HAPE provide alternative incomes for women in Badin and Thar rural, tribal and urban slum belts. HAPE taught Patchwork, Appliqué, Took Raly and Tanka embroidery skills to the women for them to earn a secure living. Today, HAPE provides continuous training to women artisans to improve their skills, a support network to them in their villages and a respectable position in their family and society.
Impact of HAPE’s work: HAPE’s work has catalyzed a noticeable change in the lives of its artisans, who once were not even exposed to their own villages. Today these women artisans are confident enough to make their own decisions within the family as well as in different socio-political groups. Economic empowerment has also created a marked difference in their awareness towards education, healthcare, social status and family life.