Father Muller's Rehabilitation Unit

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