Ensures fair living wage for producers
Discloses the community being impacted
Reduces the environmental impact
Focusses on women producers
Created using handcrafted methods
Reduces/Reuses/
Recycles resources
Recycles resources
Biodegradable or environment friendly
Uses portion of proceeds to give back to the community
Kalapuri is a social enterprise engaged in developing a network of artisans, workers, and micro-entrepreneurs capable of producing high-quality handicrafts.
It is a step towards reviving Indian handicrafts and the artisans making these handicrafts. It's a social initiative to connect with different dimensions of indigenous handmade products and cherish each aspect of their tradition. Kalapuri is a socio-economic venture providing an online marketplace for promoting, selling and buying of Indian handicrafts along with a vision of improving and upgrading the artisan's skills and their life.
Purpose
The brand embrace artisan communities; giving them new opportunities, hope and a better life.
Kalapuri works exclusively in the area of reviving traditional handicrafts of Kolhapur. Their current activities include manufacturing of Kolhapuri Chappals, Kolhapuri Jewellery, Terracotta Pottery, Handmade Baskets and Ethnic Apparels. While working on reviving these crafts, Kalapuri tries to break the cycle of poverty and gender equality by giving equal and handsome pay to each of their artisan.
People
At Kalapuri, they have thoughtfully developed an innovative model of Women Empowerment through Social Transformation in the form of change in the mind set, attitude and work culture of artisan community. For developing this model, they conducted many surveys of the artisan communities in different handicraft forms and after analyzing and studying the outcomes of the survey reports, they came out with an innovative model which will assure the upliftment of the artisan’s family in general and Women Empowerment.
Planet
One of the main environmental impacts of Kolhapuri chappals lies in the sourcing of raw materials. They use the leather which is vegetable tanned and do not use any chemical nor chromium. The artisanal manufacturing process of Kolhapuri chappals involves skilled craftsmanship but is relatively labor-intensive. While this provides employment opportunities, it can also consume significant amounts of energy if done without sustainable practices.
