Marketed By

KADAM-HAAT

(Made by the Village craftsmen & women)

in the PROJECT- sustainable development via handicrafts in craft villages,

with support of the NGO- KADAM in Kolkata)

www.kadamindia.org

GO GREEN

KNOW THE TEAM

Rajesh Nath Payal Nath Pooja Ratnakar The 3 team members who are contributing with the support of a lot of other

volunteers of the parent NGO- KADAM in creating solutions for livelihood in villages of India.

KADAM- HAAT offers the rural artisans a platform to showcase their creative talents

while empowering women and rural crafts of India using resources & materials from Nature. The company rolls 50% of the profits in the NGO KADAM working for Rural Holistic development.

Bio- Degradable GREEN products for EVERYDAY LIVING is what the company is

synonym with.

KNOW THE BENEFECIARIES

The beneficiaries are the handicraft producing rural entrepreneurs from the adopted villages. Kadam-Haat helps to sell their produce till the craft-groups are able to market the produce themselves,

maintaining the quality.

Crafts women of Nayagram, Midnapore, making Sabaii Grass Products

Youth of KumarHat, Midnapore, making Bamboo & Wood Products

Women of Akubpur, Haldia Making clay products

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SABAII GRASS COLLECTION

DISTRICT- WEST MIDNAPORE BLOCK- NAYAGRAM

WEST BENGAL

SABAII

GRASS This grass is a perennial grass which grows in West

Bengal & Orissa- Mayurbhanj area primarily

MAZAZINE BASKET

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Lilac Lavender Turq Mustard Olive Cinnamon Coffee

IND

SABAII

GRASS

OLIV INDIG ASH

LARGE BIN

We work directly with the craftswomen of the region supporting rural communities self sustain themselves during non-farming season also..

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SABAII

GRASS

BATHROOM ORGANIZER

Sabaii grass is made into ropes using hand-operated machines and wound around the iron frames to create these towel/storage baskets.

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SABAII

GRASS

TOWEL( MULTI-UTILITY) BASKETS ( 3 SIZES)

The women crafts-group undergo training now and then learning various advanced skills as new groups emerge with more basic trainings and thus more self employability.

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The wood and bamboo used for the base and handles in some baskets is also prepared for basketry work by the men-folk of another village close-by-Village Kumar-hat & Aror.

SABAII

GRASS

TOWEL/ ORGANIZER BASKETS

3 SIZES

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Lilac Lavender Turq Mustard Olive Cinnamon Coffee

SABAII

GRASS

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DUSTBIN

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MUS INDIG NAT CHOC

SABAII

GRASS

OLIV INDIG ASH NAT BRN MUS

C O L O R S

Sabaii Grass locally called Babuii grass is a very sturdy material and used to be used by the British Army in India for military purpose.

BREAD BASKETS- 3 SIZES.

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Lilac Lavender Turq Mustard Olive Cinnamon Coffee

About 60 households now are working only in sabaii grass now, making their ends meet through this project.

SABAII

GRASS ROTI BOX

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Lilac Lavender Turq Mustard Olive Cinnamon Coffee

This grass is first washed, dyed by boiling in dyebath, washed again and shade dried. Then ladies make plaits of grass blades and later stitch rolls of plaits to make into baskets like this. BAMBOO used for the top.

SABAII

GRASS

FOLDING BASKET- 2 sizes

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Lilac Lavender Turq Mustard Olive Cinnamon Coffee

The wood and bamboo used for the base and handles in some baskets is also prepared for basketry work by the men-folk of another close-by-Village Kumar-hat & Aror.

SABAII

GRASS

ROUND KITCHEN BASKETS 2 SIZES

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SABAII

GRASS

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ROUND TRAYS set of 3

SABAII

GRASS

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SQUARE TRAYS set of 3

Bamboo handles with sabaii grass basket. Ideal for combs/ cutlery/ pens/ or gift hampers. Can hold upto 250gms choclates.

SABAII

GRASS

MULTI-USE BASKET

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Lilac Lavender Turq Mustard Olive Cinnamon Coffee

NUT SERVER

MUS INDIG NAT

SABAII

GRASS

Sabaii grass small bowls are made . Indivisually spoons of coconut and matching colors organic vegetable dyed lacware on wood are also available.

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TABLEMATS

MUS NAT

SABAII

GRASS Sabaii grass tablemats with bamboo

beads dyed, all handplaited & handstitched indivisually.

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NICK-NACK BOXES

Set/2

SABAII

GRASS

Bamboo Lids and sabaii knobs for these sq boxes for nick-nack storage. Sabaii grass body and knobs come in black color always, bamboo is dyed in different colors.

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Lilac Coffee cinnamon Forest Turq Olive

BOAT BAGS

With wood handles

MUS INDIG

SABAII

GRASS

One complete Block which covers around 30 villages in West Bengal in Kharakpur 250 kms from Kolkata, is the beneficiary.

ASH

NAT

SABAII

GRASS

Sabaii grass teamed with ShantiNiketan vegetable tanned leather handles.

LUNCH CARRY BAG

2 sizes

Sabaii grass body with a magnetic snapbutton and wooden dyed Handles & beads for a rustic yet suave looking evening bag.

EVENING BAG

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NAT

SABAII

GRASS

Sabaii grass teamed with West Bengal BATIK on COTTON & Jute Lining .

BATIK KNITTING BAG

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NAT

SABAII

GRASS

Sabaii grass teamed with Canvas & zipped up.

SHOPPING BAG

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NAT

SABAII

GRASS

Jute, cotton lining and sabaii knobes & handles make this Jhola Bag.

JUTE JHOLA BAG

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NAT

SABAII

GRASS

Sabaii Grass plaits, cotton lining with zip and artificial leather shoulder bag.

SHOULDER BAG

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NAT

SABAII

GRASS

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BAMBOO & WOOD COLLECTION

DISTRICT- EAST MIDNAPORE BLOCK- PULSITA, VILLAGE- KUMAR HAT

WEST BENGAL

BAMBOO SQUARE B ASKETS

BAMBOO

Bamboo-easily & fast growing nature friendly timber . The craftsmen of Purva Mednipur in West Bengal produce these through a rural self sustainable programme created for them assisted by KADAM-the parent NGO

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Lilac Coffee cinnamon Forest Turq Olive

BAMBOO RECTANGLE BASKET

BAMBOO

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Lilac Coffee cinnamon Forest Turq Olive

BAMBOO

These products are completely organic with the base of bamboo split and made into handmade bamboo boards and fronts are woven. Good for serving individual breakfast toast and cereal bowl.

BAMBOO CEREAL TRAY

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Lilac Coffee cinnamon Forest Turq Olive

BAMBOO FLORAL COOKIE BASKET

BAMBOO

After a workshop on training – printing on bamboo mats, the mats were converted to make baskets like these. The motif for the print used is – marigold flower garden- ideally suited as the area of the villages is known for floriculture and esp. marigold and the farms around the villages are filled with them.

BAMBOO LARGE FLORAL TRAY

BAMBOO

The PRINTING techniques were taught to them at kolkata and finish achieved by various skill development programmes the youth have undergone.

BAMBOO LARGE CEREAL TRAY

BAMBOO

The plain new secondary &tertiary color dyeing was also taught in their village and finish achieved by various skill development programmes the youth have undergone.

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Lilac Coffee cinnamon Forest Turq Olive

BAMBOO SQUARE TRAYS SET/2

BAMBOO

The dyeing techniques were taught to them at Gandhigram and finish achieved by various skill development programmes the youth have undergone.

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Lilac Coffee cinnamon Forest Turq Olive

BAMBOO OVAL SNACK TRAY

BAMBOO

Easily pliable bamboo yet strong as steel is converted to make oval snack trays. Can be used for keeping pens/ pencils/ trinkets/keys/ cutlery . Can also be used as a dry snack tray . A wood katori is also made here

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Coffee cinnamon Olive

BAMBOO FOOD PICKS

BAMBOO

About 7-9 youth are currently making their living through the selling of all these goods through this project on a sustainable basis. 30 more attached themselves also to this group.

GIFT POUCHES 2 sizes

BAMBOO

The ladies of the village are also now inspired to make smaller bamboo leaf and waterhyacinth products. These are collapsible gift packing pouches.

BAMBOO BOOKMARKS w/ pictureframe

BAMBOO

Bookmarks totally made of bamboo and later etched. Their workshed now has electricity also, courtesy KADAM.

PAPER CLIPS ( set of 5)

BAMBOO

2 young rural enterprising youth have now with their own savings built a small workshed and all these are currently made there with some basic machines as donated by KADAM.

GARDEN T-LITES

Made of coconut & wood.

COCONUT

Locally collected coconut shells gives work to the women of the village in their free time and the menfolk convert them into products like these.

TABLE T-LITES

Made of coconut .

COCONUT

Locally collected coconut shells gives work to the women of the village in their free time and the menfolk convert them into products like these.

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COCONUT BOWLS WITH SPOONS

set of 6.

COCONUT

Coconut bowls and coconut spoons with palm wood handles also buffed and made in the workshed in the village Kumarhat.

SOUP/ DAL LADLE

COCONUT

Smooth Coconut shell fronts and handles are from wood covered with foodsafe lacware, colors are from vegetable dyes like turmeric etc..

SALAD SERVER SET/2

COCONUT

The lacware is with support from another NGO from the South- Padmavathi Associates. These handles are given the coconut attachments in the village Kumar hat.

CHUTNEY SPOONS

COCONUT

These spoons can be used for desserts/ spices/ jams also and follow the same technique of using coconut and organic colors for the handles.

WOOD

The lacware is with support from another NGO from the South- Padmavathi Associates. These handles are given the Neem wood attachments in the village Kumar hat & Aror in West Bengal.

SALAD SERVER SET/2

FOOD SERVER

FRUIT FORKS

packed as set of 6.

WOOD

Sesham / Ebony and Paddok woods are used for making the fruit forks in the village using basic machines for cutting and buffing. Rest is all still handdone. The colors of the woods are natural. No Dyes used.

RAISED PLATTER in Guava Wood

WOOD

WOOD

CUTLERY in Guava Wood Handles & steel

ROUND CHEESE BOARD with CUTTER

WOOD

WOOD

ROUND SALAD BOWL

Wood SALAD SERVERS S/2

WOOD

NATURAL SALAD BOWL

WOOD

GUAVA WOOD HANDLE SOUP SERVER & similar SALAD SERVERSET/2

SHELL SPOONS

packed as set/4.

WOOD

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SHELL

SHELL TOOTHPICKS with BASE

packed as set/24.

WOOD

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SHELL

SHELL PLATE

WOOD

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SHELL

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CLAY COLLECTION

DISTRICT- WEST MIDNAPORE BLOCK- HALDIA VILLAGE- AKUBPUR

WEST BENGAL

CLAY

A cluster of women in village Akubpur, Haldia were handed over to us recently to train by Tata Chemicals Rural Development, in anything they could do to earn their daily meals atleast.

The ladies were making toys of clay and selling in local market for Rs 5/- and this too only 1 month of the year had a market for this.

The women were taught to make beads from the clay / silt as available in their ponds. The clay was sometimes mixed with a color stain .This was then treated with a lacquer coating to protect from discoloring on being wet.

COMING UP

SOON