2025

2025

Basket Weaving & Denim
Upcycling: Crafting Futures

Basket Weaving & Denim
Upcycling: Crafting Futures

In partnership with Ankura, The Suniti Solomon Foundation supported community women in transforming everyday materials into meaningful income. Through hands-on training in traditional palm-leaf basket weaving and creative denim upcycling, participants learned to turn simple scraps into durable, eco-friendly products.

What began as a skill-building effort soon became a livelihood opportunity—beautifully crafted baskets and denim bags were produced and sold to schools, creating steady earnings from time that once went unused. This initiative not only revived local craft skills but also helped women build confidence, financial independence, and pride in their work.

In partnership with Ankura, The Suniti Solomon Foundation supported community women in transforming everyday materials into meaningful income. Through hands-on training in traditional palm-leaf basket weaving and creative denim upcycling, participants learned to turn simple scraps into durable, eco-friendly products.

What began as a skill-building effort soon became a livelihood opportunity—beautifully crafted baskets and denim bags were produced and sold to schools, creating steady earnings from time that once went unused. This initiative not only revived local craft skills but also helped women build confidence, financial independence, and pride in their work.

How We Do It

Our model empowers women by combining skill-building, material support, and real market opportunities.

Our model empowers women by combining skill-building, material support, and real market opportunities.

Train Women in Essential Life Skills

Train Women in Essential Life Skills

Train Women in Essential Life Skills

We conduct hands-on workshops in palm-leaf basket weaving and denim upcycling, helping women learn both cultural crafts and market-ready techniques.

We conduct hands-on workshops in palm-leaf basket weaving and denim upcycling, helping women learn both cultural crafts and market-ready techniques.

We conduct hands-on workshops in palm-leaf basket weaving and denim upcycling, helping women learn both cultural crafts and market-ready techniques.

Provide Raw Materials & Design Support

Provide Raw Materials & Design Support

Provide Raw Materials & Design Support

Participants receive palm leaves, denim scraps, and guided designs so they can create durable, appealing products with confidence.

Participants receive palm leaves, denim scraps, and guided designs so they can create durable, appealing products with confidence.

Participants receive palm leaves, denim scraps, and guided designs so they can create durable, appealing products with confidence.

Build Quality & Production Capacity

Build Quality & Production Capacity

Build Quality & Production Capacity

Through regular practice sessions, we support women in improving craftsmanship, finishing, and consistency—key skills for earning through handcrafted goods.

Through regular practice sessions, we support women in improving craftsmanship, finishing, and consistency—key skills for earning through handcrafted goods.

Through regular practice sessions, we support women in improving craftsmanship, finishing, and consistency—key skills for earning through handcrafted goods.

Connect Products to Local Markets

Connect Products to Local Markets

Connect Products to Local Markets

We link their creations to buyers, including nearby schools, ensuring the baskets and bags produced translate directly into income.

We link their creations to buyers, including nearby schools, ensuring the baskets and bags produced translate directly into income.

We link their creations to buyers, including nearby schools, ensuring the baskets and bags produced translate directly into income.

What We Stand For?

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