Create Sustainable Fashion for a Sustainable Future, Kullu, india

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  Descrição

  Hi, our organization is a small unit which was started by me for the upliftment of local people and utilizing locally procured wool. My wife and me had started this project in 1993 and now our two sons are helping us develop it further. We are working together for strengthening and building up the Traditional Knowledge System.
  We are a sustainable and fashionable brand that focuses on winter wear as it is located in the Indian Himalayas in the beautiful Kullu valley along river Beas in Himachal Pradesh. We are working with local men and women using ages old traditional techniques for knitting and weaving.
  We have both Indian and Foreign clients and we aim to work with various kind of wool for apparel as well as home furnishing. We use techniques like Hand Spinning, Hand Knitting, Hand Weaving & Vegetable Dyes.
  We have a total of 45 people working here
  28 women who are mostly doing spinning, knitting, crochet etc
  11 men working on traditional handlooms
  6 men working on wool and finishing the final product

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Hotelaria/turismo

  Manutenção geral

  Ajuda com computadores/internet
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Our small work shop is in the northern part of Himachal Pradesh, a beautiful valley known as the Kullu valley. The valley is connected well with road and air (No railways).
  
  There is a lot to learn in terms of crafts, vegetation, travelling (lots of adventure activity that can be taken), culture (As it is a Himalayan village various cultural activity keeps happening every now and then) and food etc.

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  Ajuda

  We welcome volunteers who wants to experience beautiful Indian Traditional Craft and help in uplifting our organization in terms of marketing and do some creative stuff like wall painting, designing new products .
  
  To be an appropriate volunteer you should have some of the following skills:
  Digital work (handling DIGITAL platform included)
  Photography skills(camera provided)(product photography)
  Editing
  Research and Development
  painting
  Videography

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Intermediário

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  Acomodação

  The stay for the volunteer will be on the top floor of the organization building with the beautiful hill view
  Kitchen will be provided (you are expected to clean after yourself)
  Availability of clean bathroom
  Dusting and cleaning of floor will be offered by the organization

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  Algo mais...

  Their are so many nature parks with the Beas river. For transportation you can opt for auto (Tuk Tuk) otherwise public buses are always available for each and every place. Each hill of Himachal has its own beliefs and temples like Bijli Mahadev and Hidimba Devi Temple. Besides this Kullu has its own variety of food such as SIDDU which is a must try.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode aceitar animais

  Yes we love pets. We also have a dog named Ruby at our work station

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  2

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  Horas previstas

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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