Artisan Update: Ram Shekar

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We have worked with Ram for almost 30 years and he does many of GHT’s beautiful block print bags, hats and wallets. His home is badly damaged by the earthquake and his entire family was relocated to a tent for several months but unfortunately at 5am one morning they awoke to water pouring into their tents which quickly rose to their necks. They were flooded out of that place so that he and his family had no choice but to move back into their damaged home.

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In October we visited with Ram in his home and saw that the top two stories of his ancestral home had collapsed and that the home had been
deemed unsafe. GHT & CCF are helping him by providing monthly rent for a safe space for him to work so that he can continue to make an income. We don’t have the capacity to rebuild his home but if he can work & if they receive earthquake relief from the government they should be able to rebuild soon. We will continue to monitor his situation to see if there are other ways that we can assist him to stay on his feet and for his family to reconstruct a safe dwelling.

A few of Ram’s fun block-print products that we sell:

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