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This is what this Women on Wings community platform is all about: connecting social enterprises so they can learn, get inspired and share best practices. We are extremely pleased to see our partners AVANI from Uttarakhand and ACTION CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATION (ACT) from Haryana, come together in Haryana for a workshop on natural coloring conducted by Avani's Delhi team.
Avani is known for e.g. handmade knits and weaves, and its organic dyes and ACT for its home and lifestyle products made from recycled paper waste. Both social enterprises focus on creating livelihoods for women in rural areas and it is a pleasure to work with both on the realization of their goals.
A wonderful example of cocreation!

Doing our best to create a "Zero Waste Food Production" kitchen.

Recently we have our analysis on "The food materials that we are wasting" after procurement from the farmer. As said it not even 1% wastage from our traditional kitchen that does into the garbage.

No surprise it is "Zero".

In year 2019-2020, there was few situation where we have to throw our Dry nuts & Seeds which was almost 3% of our procurement. However a strategy and a stubborn decision of procuring low quantities at higher price from the farmer gave us Zero wastage by the year 2022.

Although need some good reach to support more the farmers and create more employment in the rural areas our simple and steady strategies are working incredible in achieving the universal goal SDG-12.

Soon we will make your jaws drop by procuring more from the farmer but Zero wastage industrial kitchens are possible with our unique strategies.

Deep diving into the world of brand building & marketing. Experts at Women on Wings Danielle Pels and Remke Vet have started their workshop with our partner Jharkhand State Livelihoods Promotion Society in Ranchi. Jointly we are building its Palash brand so more jobs are being generated for women in rural Jharkhand.
The next 2 days the teams will work together on creating concrete plans to make it happen.

Thank you so much everyone for warm welcome and appreciating our EcoSocial Initiative!

We have two exhibitons/markets in two cities in the Netherlands.
Almere and Amsterdam! Details are below:

TWEE EVENEMENTEN - TWEE STEDEN !!!

reCharkha EcoSocial komt naar Almere Centrum en Amsterdam.

Kies onze trendy, modieuze producten - Upcycled, handgeweven, gemaakt door onze tribale ambachtslieden uit India!
En wees trots om ons EcoSocial doel te steunen!

Alle opbrengsten voor deze aankoop gaan naar onze eenheid in Village Bhor, Pune, India!!!

Tot zaterdag!
Datum: 21 mei 2022

Locatie Almere:
De Diagonaal 1315 HR Almere-Stad, Nederland
Tijd: 12:00 - 17:00 uur

Locatie Amsterdam:
Amsterdam Event:
De Groene Bende van West, Midwest Amsterdam, Nederland
Tijd: 11:00 - 17:00 uur

Please share in your Almere and Amsterdam friends and family connects! See you soon!

Hello Everyone,

We are Knitting Huts!

We are a For Profit Social Enterprise working with rural women of Himachal Pradesh to develop premium hand-knitted products for humans and their homes.

We take orders for our international clients as well to produce under their labels using yarns like Pure Cotton, Organic Cotton, Pure Silk, Cashmere, Yak, Angora, Mohair, Merino and Sheep Wools.

Our products are listed on etsy.com at the moment and our website is under the works.

We are a fairly new organization in social enterprise arena and have had great experiences in the short span of time working with talented rural populations of the region. We truly believe that the art of hand-knitting is still under utilized when it comes to upliftment of handicrafts industry as a whole. We see a lot of weaving work, bamboo work, wood carving, embroidery and block printing but hand-knitting, for some reason, lags far behind.

We are working towards streamlining the hand-knitting industry and making premium hand-knits cool again!

Hello Friends!

Greetings to you all from Eindhoven , Netherlands!

Thanks to Women on Wings Team for giving reCharkha EcoSocial an opportunity to be part of this noble community!

I am Ashwini, Business Development Manager, from reCharkha -The EcoSocial Tribe - an India based social enterprise working to conserve the Environment and Enable Tribal and Rural livelihoods. I live in Eindhoven, Netherlands and support reCharkha EcoSocial activities in India remotely as well as take care of Exhibitions in the Netherlands and online orders within all over Europe.

Here is a brief about our EcoSocial work:
We UPCYCLE waste plastic such a polybags/plastic bags, biscuit or wafer wrappers and other multilayered packaging, using a traditional CHARKHA (Spindle) and HANDLOOM to weave it into a fabric. This unique process is designed to provide LIVELIHOOD opportunities to our TRIBAL WOMEN and YOUTH.
We have our process explained in following videos:
(in Dutch Language)
(In English Language)

This UPCYCLED-HANDWOVEN fabric is then used to make handcrafted utility items such as bags and fashion accessories, home decor and office stationary products. Some of these products are presented in our online shop: https://www.recharkha.org/collections/all.
We retail these products at our office in Pune(India) and directly sell through exhibitions in India and Netherlands. Apart from these products, we customize products for BULK corporate orders for our customers.

More later...
regards,
Ashwini

The climate patterns of the world are causing severe issues. Lets look together and see how we can prevent global warming by choosing products that do not pollute our mother earth. Ecoserve provides such solutions. Need to know more please do connect with us.

This week's quote is about the key to successful leadership.
Have a great week!

This week's quote!

A combination of practice and preparation will help achieve a brilliant performance.

Have a great week ahead.

This week's quote.
The courage to continue in your successes and during your failure counts.
Have a great week ahead!

This week's quote!
Life lessons teach us that we are always the best to people who deserve us.

We have shared our weekly management tips for many months. Starting this new financial year, we are bringing something new to inspire and motivate all of us in this community.

We hope you can relate to the quotes, may find inspiration, and be reminded that you are not alone. We will be sharing weekly quotes that can be read as a daily mantra, reminding us to stay focused on what we want in life. Feel free to share something which you have enjoyed reading and found inspirational. Enjoy reading to become inspired.

A Porridge for " a Woman with Period Pain"

My Lady! We know that you have been under so much pain on those days but you still manage to keep up yourselves, you manage to attend your house hold chores, manage to kids, manage your job all with a smile.

But How about having a Porridge that could really help you manage all your chores during those days with a real smile?

Yes try this-

1. Sprouted Ragi - 1 cup.
2. Soaked & Peeled Almonds - 20no.s
3. Dry ginger- 1 tbs
4. Fenugreek seeds - 1 tbs
5. Wild turmeric - 1/4tbs
6. Dry dates - 1/2 cup

Preparation: Slow roast all the ingredients in a pan except dates and make a powder of it in a grinder (stone grind if possible) and add dry dates too. You can store this for about 3 months.

How to prepare a porridge: In a bowl add 150ml of water and boil it. Meanwhile make a paste of 1 tbs of the above mix with water and add to the boiling water. Cook on low flame for about 3-4mins.

Enjoy this amazing drink on empty stomach just before from 3 days of your periods and also during periods.

Just check out the magic.

Excited and honoured to win the prestigious "Women Transforming India Award 2021" by Niti Ayog & UN along with many fabulous & inspiring women entrepreneurs. WOW played an important roll as I learnt about the award applications through the regular updates and newsletters via community platform. Thank you so much WOW for always being there for us?
P.S - shout out to all the women entrepreneurs on this platform to kindly apply for such genuine recognitions to keep the motivation level high ?

This week's tip!
When a team reaches a quick agreement on a solution with little discussion or deliberation, is one of the surest ways to stifle innovation.
How can you help your team steer clear of this trap and keep fresh ideas alive?
Adapted from from “How to Steer Clear of Groupthink,” by Jennifer Mueller

Childhood teach us everything that we love. Our passion, our vision & our mission were built unknowingly from those days and move us towards our destiny/destination.

Such childhood days developed the curiosity about our traditions & made me to thrive for more & more on lost traditions of this world leading the journey of #handcrafting Nutreat and it was my #Dad who sowed the seed of traditional India & its heritage for a radiant life.

The day we were at HITEX (Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited) many such kids pounding with curiosity after seeing the #stonegrinder reminded myself at age 10

This week's tip!

Managers are worried about losing their best employees right now — and they probably should be. The marketplace for talent has shifted. You need to think of your employees like customers and put thoughtful attention into retaining them. Here are four steps to try.

Source: Adapted from “With So Many People Quitting, Don’t Overlook Those Who Stay, ” by Debbie Cohen and Kate Roeske-Zummer

Many congratulations to Neelam Chhiber and the team of Industree Crafts!
Neelam Chhiber, Founder and Director Industree foundation is one of the 75 women to be featured in the book series ‘She Is’. The aim of the book series is to showcase more women role models for youth, make visible the leadership of women and generate interest in the SDGs.

The Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India in partnership with Red Dot Foundation, British High Commission, and FICCI FLO commemorated India’s 75th year of Independence by honoring 75 Indian Women in STEAM (fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) through ‘She Is’ book series. Neelam was facilitated on March 3rd at an event in New Delhi celebrating International Women’s Day 2022.

You can find the full list here: https://www.psa.gov.in/article/she-75-indian-women-steam/3628