Tara Projects

Fair Trade Forum – India (FTF-I)

Fair Trade Forum - India (FTF-I) is the national network for Fair Trade in India that enables more than 100000 grassroots level Fair Trade producers including artisans & farmers to improve their businesses through greater engagement with the Fair Trade. Majority of them are from the rural areas. FTF-I represents WFTO (World Fair Trade Organisation), the global network for Fair Trade, in India. FTF-I also promotes sustainable consumption and fair services with special emphasis on developing domestic market for Fair Trade in India. In India, Fair Trade movement is now getting momentum...

Khiwai Mahila Hastshilp – An Artisan Group

"Khiwai Mahila Hastshilp" an artisan group is based in Khiwai village in District Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Majority of the inhabitants are involved in Agriculture as their livelihood. Though the things are changing with times the culture is still orthodox and male dominated. Literacy rate is not up to the standards yet in the village. The women in the village mostly stay at home. Though the girls are attending school the high education is still a dream for them. In order to support and empower young women in the village, Tara has been involved in the village. Ms. Mosmeen the coordinator o...

Success Stories

Sunila (40 years): Beneficiary Micro Credit and Mutual Health Organization Tajpur Pahadi  Badarpur in South Delhi Sunila is forty years old and resides in a squatter settlement at Tajpur Pahadi, Badarpur in South Delhi. She has four children (three daughters and a son). Her husband, Mr. Mahesh Chand works as a security guard in a company and he doesn’t earn enough money to take care of the family. Therefore, Tara also supported Sunila to set up a gas filling shop from her house through its Micro Finance programme. One of her daughter’s also gets support from Tara in the education spon...

Success Stories: Education Sponsorship

  Soni (11 years): "I am happy to continue my education" Education sponsorship child from the village Nikau in Uttar Pradesh Three years ago Soni was enrolled under Tara education sponsorship programme. The purpose of the sponsorship programme is to provide the education support to the needy and deserving marginalized children, who are prone to child labour. Today Soni is 11 years old. She has three brothers and one sister. Her father works as a mechanic – not a very steady job in this part of India. And her mother cannot work because of her poor health.  Her father couldn’t ea...

World Fair Trade Orgaization (WFTO)

The World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) is the global representative body of over 450 members committed to 100% Fair Trade. It  is the authentic voice of Fair Trade and a guardian of Fair Trade values. The WFTO operates in 75 countries across 5 regions; Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North American and the Pacific Rim, with elected global and regional boards, to create market access through policy, advocacy, campaigning, marketing and monitoring. It is the only global network whose members represent the Fair Trade chain from production to sale. WFTO members are organiza...

Health Programmes

Access to Health care is one of the biggest challenges in India. Especially for the underprivileged people are no adequate health facilities available. Tara has been working on health issues from the past for many years. We consider health care programmes for the marginalized people, particularly artisan’s communities, as one important requirement of our society. Health Insurance  Health insurance is one important action within the health programme of Tara Projects. We provide a free health insurance to all our artisan we are working with. Medical Health Camps Moreover Tara organizes ...

Adarsh Hastshilp Samooh (formerly Sunita Handicrafts) – in Badapur, New Delhi

Adarsh Hastshilp Samooh (formerly Sunita handicrafts) is a Self Help group cum micro enterprise run by Sunita (Ms.) and several other artisans. It is based in Tajpur Pahadi, Badarpur in South Delhi. Badarpur was a village in olden times. With the passage of time it has developed into a squatter settlement, inhabited by large number of internal migrants. Majority of the inhabitants work in the factories as labourers/workers. Due to the closure of some industries many inhabitants have no stable employment. They survive by working in the unorganized sector or doing some petty jobs. Most of the wo...

Taja 8 – in Pataudi, Haryana

Pataudi is a small town in the state of Haryana. It is 60 kilometers away in the west of Delhi. Before the English came the town was ruled by the feudal ruler family of Nawab of Pataudi. During those times he ruled 52 villages surrounding Pataudi town. He also built his palace there.  The times changed and the rulers lost their power, glory and territory. But the name of Pataudi still remains known. The population of Pataudi consists of both the Muslims and Hindu communities. They have always lived in peace here. The Nawab still owns agricultural land in Pataudi and the area around and len...