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Earning a living from handicrafts

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SHILLONG:  Fifty-year-old Damit Pdakasiej, mother of seven children, from  Mawsynram makes her living by weaving cane and bamboo handicrafts.
Damit Pdakasiej is part of a 20-member ‘Kenbah Kynmynsaw Handicraft and Multi-purpose Co-operative Society’ formed in 2007. Initially, members of the group were trained by government agencies.
They now stand on their own by manufacturing and marketing their products themselves.
“I earn around Rs. 200, in a day.”, she said.

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