Rehwa Society

A weavers' cooperative reviving the 300-year Maheshwari handloom tradition on the banks of the Narmada

LivelihoodWomen & Children

Donate · soon

Rehwa Society was founded in 1978 by Richard and Sally Holkar within the grounds of Ahilya Fort in Maheshwar to revive a handloom weaving tradition that was dying out. It began with a grant from the Indian Central Welfare Board covering eight looms and eight weavers from the local Meru community. The society now works with roughly 250 weavers, most of them women, on around 110 looms producing Maheshwari silk and cotton sarees, and has helped seed more than 3,000 looms across the town, reviving Maheshwar's wider weaving economy. Alongside wages, Rehwa provides its weavers and their families with housing, healthcare and education support, and uses azo-free and natural dyes with an effluent treatment plant.

Maheshwar, Madhya PradeshSince 1978

Rehwa Society

More NGOs like this