Coffee Table Book WTI 2021 - Book - Page 50
Equipping Communities to
Create Products from Local,
Green, Eco-friendly Materials
Payal Nath co-founded Kadam Haat & Kadam Foundation, an upskilling initiative for rural
artisans. Kadam Haat is a handicrafts store for both. The two organizations work in tandem
to skill, create opportunities for, and provide sustainable livelihoods to marginalized
communities in rural India. Using Green,100% eco-friendly local materials like grasses and
Green technology, Kadam has been training and bringing livelihood opportunities directly
to their homes, 85% of them being women.
Making the rural enterprises equal stakeholders in this journey, they are today taking
ownership and inspiring their peers.
Payal Nath
Kadam Haat
Kolkata, West Bengal
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WOMEN TRANSFORMING INDIA 2021
Kadam Haat weaves a
dream where the richness
of rural lives is unleashed,
every pair of hands has
work, technology supports
the communities and their
environment, and every mind
is creatively building Bharat.
