सखी
With the evolution of technology, everything is going online. Online market is really popular today. It's good. But what about those who are still unaware of the online world ? What about those who still believe that offline market is the only market? What about those who are deprived of using such platforms due to language barriers?
‘Sashakt Mahila, Sashakt Bharat’, that is the ideology with which the Indian government works towards the upliftment of rural women in the country. We took a look at how intrinsically Indian women are involved in heritage arts and crafts, and why saving and developing one would automatically benefit the other. According to the Indian handicrafts census, 56.13 per cent of artisans are women. The Unemployment Rate (UR) for women in the rural population is 47/1000 which is significantly higher when compared to male UR standing at 21/10003.
In this hackathon we the Team Quintuple of 5 passionate developers have come up with a solution to empower the talented women from rural areas whose work usually go unnoticed at large. Our motive is to build a platform to showcase the artwork, artefacts, pottery, crafts by rural women for the world to recognize, appreciated and buy.This way we aim to eradicate the unemployment amongst them and provide them economical and social enhancement. Few examples of daily chores practised by rural-women that need to find their representation on the crafts atlas of India are:
- Vegetable colours and exquisite ‘Lambani’ crafts from Karnataka
- Bottle gourd/Sponge guard lamps, or ‘Tuma’ crafts from Chattisgarh
- Rice Jewellery from Tamil Nadu
- Earthy screw pine crafts of Kerala
- ‘Chunar’ red clay pottery from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
Sounds interesting , yes it is. Today, when English is the basic requirement for using the online services, we have developed an E-commerce system which can be handled in regional languages. Our idea is to create an regional online marketplace. It will definitely be a step towards solving the problem of unemployment of rural women.
Problem Statement : Rural women unemployment The rural unemployment of women in India causes children to be more susceptible to labor than education thereby reflecting negatively on the economy. How can you help solve this using technology?
In rural areas, the artisans are limited to the very bottom of the value chain. Only when they can own the entire process of buying raw-materials, to creating products across a wider range and diversifying into different product categories, with the same materials and skill-sets, can they become entrepreneurs themselves and meaningful, active contributors to the economy. Sakhi enables skilled women to sell directly to Indian and global consumers and earn better.
Tech Stacks Used: React for front-end, MongoDB for database, Node.js web development environment, Express.js framework.
Team Details:
Gaurav Das
Somya Agrawal
Shivang Meda
Salil Naik
Praveen