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 Jivan Gamod, residential trainee from 3 years. The students made Bamboom Amplifier performing the following steps under guidance:

• Cutting of bamboo of appropriate size
• Shaving of outer skin of bamboo using shave horse and draw knife
• Measuring and marking on bamboo for drilling
• Slot cleaning using chisel and half round file.

Team Anas – The team was led by Deepak Vakhla, a student of class 9 and resident trainee at Meghnagar Ashram. The team did the following steps:

• Cutting strips of bamboom with knife
• Sticking the strips together and marking for pen stand base 
• Finishing of pen stand using 5 types of sand paper

Team Narmada – The team was led by Kamlesh Vakhla, a student of class 9 and resident trainee at Meghnagar Ashram. The team did the following steps: 

• Making hairpin from the bamboo strips
  
• Sharpening tools using diamond-plate and silica stone
   

The selected students will be contacted over the next few months and called for the next training camps.