Amazing couple of weeks here in MESH Design Studio. The artisans from Leh in Ladakh could not return home because of a really heavy snow storm so they stayed in the studio an extra week refining their skills and making some very smart little products with tailors’ waste. 
They were so glad to reach home and we were amazed that they managed to take home blankets and new suitcases and even a television set…all on the plane!
Meanwhile Hrishi was in Little Flower Leprosy Colony, Bihar preparing natural dyed wool for a new soft woollen scarf range.
The Bethany weavers are in the studio for one month working on summer, fall and holiday ranges for Ten Thousand Villages, USA. There are wonderful colours and patterns emerging with every passing day.
Sandhya, Bethany Leprosy Colony weaver learning pick-up
The tatters from Anand Crafts are finishing an Indian range of cards with decorated elephants and doorways…lively bright colours and traditional styles using an old Victorian craft!
Then Sunday afternoon saw us testing eight hired computers ready for Openentry free website training that started on Monday. Richa from OpenEntry support office in Nepal trained nine participants from eight groups and one MESH trainee in how to use Openentry templates and Google spreadsheets to create websites for their organisations. We were blessed with good electricity and good Skype connections to Nepal… only one small power cut.The wifi for eight computers stretched to 13 and everyone left with websites up and running,and the skills to make the additions themselves. Lunch times were interesting as the website makers mingled with the weavers and tatters and MESH team.
Mohammad Nasir from SMK (centre) especially hard at work creating his website whilst Sajad Ali (Care Kashmir) and Balasumbramanian (Kshema Rehab and Training Centre) smile for my picture
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