Father Muller's Rehabilitation Unit is known to MESH as Saint Joseph's Mangalore becausew it grew out of the former St. Joseph's leprosy hospital in Mangalore, S. India.

ABOUT FR. MULLER'S REHABILITATION UNIT - October 2016 | |
Name | Fr. Muller's Rehabilitation Unit (alias SJM) |
Location in India | Mangalore, Karnataka |
Type of Group | Rehabilitation and Training Unit |
Type of Craft | Sewing, block printing, screen printing, card making, batik |
Products | Bags, decorative items, greetings cards, table cloths, |
No. of women | 10 |
No. of men | 4 |
Total | 14 |
Leprosy affected | 1 |
Family member of people affected by leprosy | 0 |
Other disabilities | 3 |
No. of artisans with no disabilities | 10 |
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BUSINESS | |
Sales to MESH in 2014-15 | Rs. 261,538 |
Total Sales in the year 2014-15 | Rs. 829,614 |
Sales to MESH 2015-16 | Rs. 394,288 |
Total sales in the year 2015-16 | Rs. 1,065,100 |
Sales target to MESH in 2016-17 | Rs. 450,000 |
Total sales target in 2016-17 | Rs. 11,00,000 |
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DEVELOPMENTS | |
1. Capacity building programmes organised by the group in 2015-16 | No |
2. Group 's participation in capacity building programmes | No |
3. New products introduced in the year | Yes, Cards and Notebooks |
4. Achievements/changes in the group in the year | Many orders, small and big and sharing of orders with Hubli RTU |
5. New activities actions in the year | Artisan picnic |
6. Major learnings in the last year | No |
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Fair Trade affiliations | No |
PRODUCTS
MESH exports many products from "SJM" around the world.

You can see their best selling printed tote bag here and an iconic Jungalore print bag here or a fantastic printed wall hanging here. To see lovely gold painted greetings cards look here and other cards and note books can be seen here