BNWCCI providing training to 300 rural woman artisans
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Sonia H Moni
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) is providing business training to 300 rural woman artisans to keep alive the area-based special traditional handicrafts in the country. BWCCI president Selima Ahmed told the FE: "We have taken the initiative to develop the rural artisans who make traditional handicrafts like 'Nokshikantha' of Jessore and Jamalpur, 'Satranchi' of Rangpur and 'Tant sarees' of Tangail." She said, the main objective of the project is to provide training to the rural and marginal woman artisans to develop them and create job opportunities as well as alleviate poverty. "We are conducting four sessions training for 300 rural woman artisans on setting up business, management, products, design development and market expansion which will help them to develop and run their business," she said. BWCCI in association with the American embassy started providing training to artisans of 10 districts of the country - Rangpur, Jamalpur, Tangail, Jessore, Feni, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Bogra, Rangamati and Cox's Bazar. BWCCI training and capacity-building manager Mahadhe Hasan Kingshuk told the FE, "We have already completed our first and second sessions of training to 300 artisans and we have got a big response from them." "These people get a token money for their products as three or four artisans got Tk 200 to Tk 250 for sewing a 'Nokshikantha' and at consumer level a client has to pay Tk 2500 of Tk 3000 for it," he said. Mr Kingshuk said, "The middleman gets the maximum profit from a 'Nokshikanhta'. BWCCI has undertaken training programmes for artisans to get rid of this situation and they will get more profit from their products. And we are also providing them with facilities to participate in 'Boishakhi Fair' at district level, which will help crate market for their products." He added that these training, would continue until September this year.
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) is providing business training to 300 rural woman artisans to keep alive the area-based special traditional handicrafts in the country. BWCCI president Selima Ahmed told the FE: "We have taken the initiative to develop the rural artisans who make traditional handicrafts like 'Nokshikantha' of Jessore and Jamalpur, 'Satranchi' of Rangpur and 'Tant sarees' of Tangail." She said, the main objective of the project is to provide training to the rural and marginal woman artisans to develop them and create job opportunities as well as alleviate poverty. "We are conducting four sessions training for 300 rural woman artisans on setting up business, management, products, design development and market expansion which will help them to develop and run their business," she said. BWCCI in association with the American embassy started providing training to artisans of 10 districts of the country - Rangpur, Jamalpur, Tangail, Jessore, Feni, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Bogra, Rangamati and Cox's Bazar. BWCCI training and capacity-building manager Mahadhe Hasan Kingshuk told the FE, "We have already completed our first and second sessions of training to 300 artisans and we have got a big response from them." "These people get a token money for their products as three or four artisans got Tk 200 to Tk 250 for sewing a 'Nokshikantha' and at consumer level a client has to pay Tk 2500 of Tk 3000 for it," he said. Mr Kingshuk said, "The middleman gets the maximum profit from a 'Nokshikanhta'. BWCCI has undertaken training programmes for artisans to get rid of this situation and they will get more profit from their products. And we are also providing them with facilities to participate in 'Boishakhi Fair' at district level, which will help crate market for their products." He added that these training, would continue until September this year.