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.
Our Vision
“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.”
Our Mission
“The Institute is committed to the integral areas of the women, to provide them the maximum wages respecting their own dignity and value.”
ADDITIONAL SECTION
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.
Our buyers include well known Fair Trade Organizations like Traidcraft-UK., Ten Thousand Villages – USA, Canada, CTM (Altromercato) Italy, Trade Aid- New Zealand, Oxfam Australia Trading, One Village, UK, SERVV International- USA, Press Alternative Japan.
Since we also have a dispensary, a maternity clinic and Medical center called ‘St. Mary’s Nursing Home’, we conduct health programmes, saving schemes, loans especially for the educational and health purposes, government recognized course for women in sewing, embroidery and Fashion Designing and finally educational scholarships for their children. We are alert and ensure that the women send their children to school and educate them and avoid child labour. In many cases when the women are incapable of paying the fees, and educating their children especially the girls we help them by paying their fees etc.
CONTACT US
St. Mary's Mahila Shikshan Kendra
Rajpur, Gomtipur, Ahmedabad-380 021
Phone
+91 79 22940839
DROP A LINE
info@stmskhandicrafts.com