Kutchcraft
Association
101 DWCRA groups of artisans and
61 savings and credit groups constitute the Kutchcraft Association
in the western most desert district of Kutch. Registered in 1995,
this association was formed to support local women in their efforts
to preserve and promote their traditional craft skils. It also
aims to assist them in marketing so that their skill becomes a
continuous source of employment. Now women no longer have to depend
on state-supported "relief work" (mainly digging and
road construction work) in times of crises such as drought, for
survival. Instead they embroider and market their own exquisite
products, elimination middlemen and exploitative traders.
