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Joti Koratuwa Craft project
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Joti Koratuwa Craft project
The objective of this project is to generate employment and empower the women of the fishing village "Joti Koratuwa"
When the Barberyn staff went to Jotikoratuwa village with the MP for the first time to discuss their desire for a pre school, the village women expressed their concern at being completely dependent on the fragile livelihood of the men folk, and said that they would like to learn a craft and develop ways of supplement the household income. They said they knew to sew and make lace and do rope work. The project will bring hope to the village.
We subsequently discussed with the villagers the possibility of improving their skills in needle-work in order to make tableware and other accessories with a view to selling the products - first at the Barberyn Resort gift shops and later at other outlets. We showed the villagers some sample table mats and serviettes. There was tremendous enthusiasm amongst the women for the project. School going girls were also keen to join and they raced home and brought some needlework specimens that they had done at schools for our inspection. 15 women put their names down saying that they wanted to try. We provided funds for them to buy the cloth and the thread and we asked the women to do something very simple - white cloth with white embroidery.
The first samples were made and collected. We intend inviting a trainer to teach embroidery to the women and hope to teach the women the basics of small business operation through the project itself.
We will also explore the possibility of enabling the women to learn other crafts.
Left: A sewing lesson at the Anamali pre-school, Right:The women receivng instructions.
Some women of the project
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