The Aim: CORD strives to help rural people become economically self-dependent.
The Focus: CORD facilitates procurement of materials and production, marketing and other support activities to promote sustainable growth.
Preserving the Indigenous, Serving the Modern: The team worked hard to generate awareness of current designs, colors and the customer’s demands
Projects: Various activities like Sewing, Knitting, handloom, weaving, mangta miniature paintings, bamboo and pine needle products, soap making, lottery, edibles, etc.
The Impact: Since the program began, it has benefitted over 8100 people.
An example – Kangra miniature paintings made by speech and hearing-impaired youth marketed in other countries and centres increased sales significantly.