Usha Handicrafts, Bangladesh

About Us

USHA Handcrafts is a fruit of the commitment of a few development workers who had devoted their whole life in the field of poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poorest of the poor. USHA's mission is to alleviate the quality of life of women belong to the landless or marginal families living in the rural areas or in the city slums.

The young women in their teens are the most vulnerable among all the disadvantaged people. They lack literacy, societal and livelihood skill and most important of all the opportunity to eke out a dignified existence. USHA's programme is designed to provide a safety net to such vulnerable young women.

USHA is a socially committed craft production and marketing body. It has been investing much effort in training erstwhile unskilled young women as skilled artisans.

USHA Handicrafts stands for

• U shering in a new dawn of opportunities
• S ocial commitment for sustainable livelihood
• H abitat, Humane Values and Heritage
• A lliance for shaping a better tomorrow

USHA’s social commitment runs deeper than mere paying a wages. It has created a comprehensive welfare package for its artisan partners. Thus in course of time a social safety net will be woven them by themselves

USHA organizes training in different craft skill and turn erstwhile unskilled women into skilled artisans. So far, 119 young women has been trained in the craft of candle making and pottery painting. The acquired skill has given these erstwhile vagrant young women a definite direction and a dignified means of earning a living. It has so far created job for 153 terracotta producers in different centers of rural Bangladesh.