Skilled little fingers spinning the loom…weaving the fabled silk sarees of Kancheepuram. Once, amidst the infinite colours of silk yarns were stories of lost childhood. And with this picture began our story - helping children yarn their stories and gradually rewriting the narratives of many rural families and villages altogether focused on enrolling child labourers in schools. Over a period of tim
e, we broadened our interventions to address the multidimensional factors of poverty. Today, with more than a decade of work in the development sector, our integrated community development programme has Five Pillars devoted to poverty alleviation — Self-Help Groups and Microfinance, Child Labour Elimination Programme, Skills Development and Technology Centre, Health, and Environment. We work in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Puducherry. Our model has been replicated in Afghanistan, South Africa, Kenya, Brazil, Cambodia and Myanmar. DISCLAIMER: Hand in Hand India is a not-for-profit organization committed to the cause of fighting poverty and creating sustainable livelihoods. We wish to iterate that we have not granted and will not grant permission to anybody to raise funds on our behalf. Any action that involves the use of Hand in Hand India's name or logo for fund raising activities shall be deemed a punishable offence. Logos, materials, brand name or identity shall not be represented anywhere without prior written permission from Hand in Hand India.
