- WELCOME TO ST. MARY'S MAHILA SHIKSHAN KENDRA AHMEDABAD
St. Mary’s Mahila Shikshan Kendra aims to give maximum employment at just wages to the women of Gomtipur belonging to different social, cultural and religious groups. One of the results of working together as a group in the Centre is a natural bonding of the women as one body.
St. Mary’s Mahila Shikshan Kendra concentrates mainly only on Hand Embroidery in cotton. Using their indigenous craftsmanship, these women immigrants produce high quality mirror work embroidery in traditional designs and colours. Our articles like cushion covers, letter boxes, bags, purses, bed spreads, table cloths and other Christmas decorations as well as “Articles to wear” have traveled all over the world.
By adhering to very high standards of quality control, we try our best to inculcate in them a deep sense of self-respect and integrity of character, earning their own hard earned wages without any trace of a demeaning pity or condescension, thus bringing them in touch with their own basic human dignity. Besides their rightful wages, all surplus profits or Producer Dividends are shared with all the women.
“St. Mary’s Mahila Shikshan Kendra, is committed to the development of economically and socially marginalized women and to restore their rightful place in the society, through craft based activity.”
“St. Mary’s Mahila Shikshan Kendra empowers marginalized women from diverse communities in the surrounding slum areas of Gomtipur, Ahmedabad, by providing sustainable livelihood opportunities through traditional hand embroidery and mirror work. Committed to fair-trade principles, the organization ensures regular income, quality craftsmanship, profit sharing, and access to savings, loans, healthcare, education, and vocational training. It also promotes children’s education, discourages child labour, and extends employment opportunities to women across different parts of Gujarat, enabling them to achieve dignity, self-reliance, and economic independence.”
St. Mary’s Mahila Shikshan Kendra, is a non profit Women’s Handicraft Organization run by the Dominican Sisters of the Rosary in Gomtipur, Ahmedabad since 1970. We are committed to the Development of the economically and socially marginalized Women in our area, Gomtipur, a slum pocket of Ahmedabad. An option for the poor, being our guiding principle, we live, identify and work with the poorest sections of society, in order to restore them to their rightful place in society.
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