Bamboo Community
The objective of the project is to foster bamboo products as a sustainable substitute of less renewable resources like timber and promote economic prosperity of the tribal including women in less developed regions in 9 states of India. The project will support commercialisation of high potential bamboo products in the housing, craft, lifestyle & toys sectors.
Since the launch of the program, FMC has done extensive work at the ground level to develop the rural bamboo artisan and cultivator community. They have been working with a vision of creating 2500 bamboo entrepreneurs. To achieve this goal, they have been assisting the communities in gaining access to plantation resources, government grants, skill enhancement and new venture creation, among many other key sector upliftment areas. Almost 1500 enterprises have already been created or expanded with significant income enhancement, new product development, expanded markets and increased entrepreneurial competencies among the vulnerable communities with a strong gender bias towards women.
Further to this endeavour, FMC has created a Knowledge Dissemination Platform that gives access to digital training and educational content required for developing the enterprise. The topics covered under this educational platform range from need based technical and managerial information, inputs, insights, and guidance for bamboo manufacturing and marketing.
Woody Grass and FMC have collaborated to take this message to a larger audience and bring to market the efforts of the artisan community.
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Watch this space for more updates on our collaborative efforts and join us to create a more sustainable environment for our future generations.