Aalamba Livelihood Development Programme
Promoting collective power and economic inclusion for women. Aalamba is our oldest programme: since 2008 it has organised women into Self-Help Groups, and since 2020 it has worked with 1,368 women in Kolar District.
Photo to come: women in the Aalamba Collective at work at K.G. Halli.
Aalamba Women's Livelihood Collective
- For:
- Women from our Youth Internship, Yuva Shilpi, Community Facilitators and Prarambha programmes
- How long:
- A five-year journey
A handicraft collective (claywork is central) that gives women sustained, self-determined income and a growing share of co-ownership, and deliberately makes way for new women to join. Members come from our other programmes: Youth Internship Programme, Yuva Shilpi Programme, Community Facilitators and Prarambha Programmes, etc.
The five-year journey
- 9 monthsTraining
- 6 monthsInternship
- 9 monthsFellowship
- Co-ownershipA share in the Collective
- IndependenceHer own path
We count it as success when a woman graduates out of the Collective. Production runs at K.G. Halli, Bengaluru and in other places in Malur Taluk (Kolar district). Women also turn the invasive plant Lantana into baskets, lamps and décor at the Doddamale Skill Development Centre, Malur (Kolar).
Results
- women reached in Kolar since 2020
- 1,368
- women in 9 Self-Help Groups
- 107
- earning for their households for the first time
- 42
- women in entrepreneurship workshops, 55 villages
- 730
"Before joining the programme, I had no confidence to ask my family for anything; now I am able to ask without fear."
Also in Connect
Chakra Kalé: Pottery On Wheels
A mobile pottery studio run by women we have trained