Sabala

Set up in 1986, the organisation has successfully rehabilitated widows, destitutes, tribal and economically backward women. The organisation provides opportunities for women to learn a skill and translate these skills into productive activities that generate income.

Sabala has over a period of time strived towards reviving traditional Lambani (a tribal community) and Kasuthi crafts. Sabala is currently active in three Taluks of Bijapur district covering 40 villages and 9 Tandas.

Lambani
The original Lambani clothes are bright and attractive, a contrast to the bleak surroundings in which they live. The dominant colour in their clothing is red with patches of blue here and there. The most characteristic feature of Lambani craft is the mirror work. This makes their clothes twinkle like a million stars.

Kasuthi
Kasuthi is an age old intricate hand crafted embroidery from North Karnataka. The stiches are fine and the colours delicate. For generations women have expressed their creativity through Kasuthi.

The Drive:
India is known for its highly developed art of weaving and embroidery products. However the modernisation, industrialisation, lack of patronage and for various unknown reasons, the traditional crafts have passed into the realms of books and museums.

The pioneering efforts of Sabala have not only helped revive these traditional arts and crafts but it has also saved many a woman from destitution.

• To strengthen and develop leadership quality among women folk.
• To organise and build their own societies.
• To educate, train women and children to minimise migration and child labour.
• To provide opportunity for income generating activities.
• To improve health and nutritional aspects to minimise child mortality, anti-natal mortality, anemia and M.C.H. care.
• To work united to achieve all round progress in socio-economic and educational fields.

• Organisation of women’s groups and networking.
• Organisation of self held groups and networking.
• Self-employment training and production and marketing support for Kasuti, Mirror embroidery, Patch-work, Block-printing and Tie and dye, Leather and non-leather utility goods, Chicken work, Kanta work.
• Promotion of small income generating programmes like sale of bangles, setting up petty shops, rearing of livestock, sale of agricultural produce etc.
• Supplementary education for irregular school going children.
• Organisation of child labour camps.
• Community Health education, AIDS education and rural dais training, anti-natal and infant health care.
• Community irrigation for socially backward families.
• Kitchen gardening and tree plantation.
• Watershed development programmes.
• Entrepreneur development programmes.
• Low cost housing.

Sabala is successful in achieving its goals and objectives in its continuos efforts in bringing a social change in rural community by its own contribution initially and lending a helping hand to run several programs from the following agencies.

• OXFAM (INDIA) TRUST
• COMMUNITY AID ABROAD
• T.D.H. GERMANY
• NORAD.
• H.E.K.S
• WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
• CENTRAL GOVT- MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF TEXTILES.
• CRY, BOMBAY.
• NABARD
• CAPART.

Awards

All this untiring efforts of Mallamma Yalwar haven’t gone un-noticed. She is a recipient of several national and international awards

Mallamma Yalwar has received several awards and recognition from all over. She has now been conferred with a Doctor Honours by Colombo University, Sri Lanka. Mallamma Yalwar is recipient of several awards such as

• Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar in 2009
• Kittur Rani Chennamma State Awards in 1996
• Man of Achievement
• Veer Vaneete
• Dalapada Ratna
• Vocational Service Award
• Doctor Honours by Colombo University, Sri Lanka.

Vision

Empowerment of women and other marginalized communities to have access to sustainable livelihood opportunities.

MISSION:
Better ourselves to serve better through training, team work and total commitment to our goal and vision.

GOAL:
Educate, organize and develop unorganized sector with focus on women for sustainable Economic development.