Blog - Jhabua Crafts

01AugAugust 1, 2022

Trainee – Munsingh Garwal

Munsingh belongs to Naranda village in Rama Tehsil of Jhabua and studies in class 11. He was first introduced to bamboo handicrafts here at Shivganga Ashram. The first skill he learnt was to shave the outer skin of bamboo using shave-horse and draw-knife which is the basic step while working with bamboo. He has learnt to operate different types of chisels, file tools and knifes used in various operations while working on bamboo over the past few months. Skills Learnt: Using...

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01AugAugust 1, 2022

Trainee – Kamlesh Vakhla

Detailed Narrative: Kamlesh belongs to Amlifaliya village in Jhabua and studies in class 10. He was first introduced to bamboo handicrafts here at Shivganga Ashram. Kamlesh says before he came to the training center he used to just wander off in the village, play and pass away the time doing nothing. Whole days went off doing nothing substantial and he wasn’t even paying attention in the school. After coming here he learnt much from the different activities. Interacting with and making new...

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01AugAugust 1, 2022

Bamboo Training and Empowerment Camp

Door-to-door campaigning – 9 residential trainees went for door-to-door campaigning in 20 villages for contacting new studnets for Bamboo Training Camp. Sharing the skills learnt and motivating others in the village to learn bamboo craftsmanship is a part of the holistic development of the trainees. Trainees: 58 new students from 20 villages attended the 7 – day residential training camp at Meghnagar ashram. The students were divided into 3 teams for the training: Team Mahi – The team was led by...

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30JulJuly 30, 2022

Bamboo Crafts Workshop for College Students

Jhabua Crafts was invited to conduct bamboo training and social entrepreneurship workshop for students of PG College Alirajpur. 3 residential trainees at Shivganga Ashram conducted the workshop. It is a matter of pride that bamboo craft trainees while still in school are conducting bamboo workshops for college students who are much bigger in age than them. Training: Trainees understood the nature and physical aspects of bamboo. The trainees at the workshop were divided into 3 teams each led by the 3 artisans....

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26FebFebruary 26, 2018

Jhabua Crafts Story

Two years ago, when I first came to Jhabua, Shivganga was initiating the concept of Incubation Centre. I was part of the two-day program which hosted people from different backgrounds like academia, corporate, social work, entrepreneurship and of course students. Then it felt like a distant dream. After all, in a practical sense, we were talking about not one start-up but a series of start-ups. And unlike start-ups, here the team was supposed to be 1320 villages of Jhabua. Today...

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