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Gandhi Niketan Ashram Trains Potters by Ian Grant
It regards the training of potters to make good stoves as an essential part of its long term programme and so has enlisted the cooperation of ITDG and the support of the States of Guernsey for this work. Its training programme is efficiently organised and the quality of training provided is excellent. The stoves produced by each batch of trainees are sold to provide money for future courses. The trainees are mainly experienced potters working for themselves or in small groups and are trained in batches of 4 on month long courses. The States of Guernsey's contribution and the enormous effort put into the project by the staff of the Ashram have generated wide interest and have led to further courses being planned over the next 18 months. In addition, a 230 sq m training centre is being built by the Ashram so that these courses can continue without interfering with the Ashrams's own production. A number of requests from neighbouring states have been received by The Ashram, asking for some of their potters to be trained in stove manufacture and these will be planned in due course. Another training centre is being established in Nagercoil in the southern most part of Tamil Nadu by the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT). It will be based on the Ashram's training methodology and will help to meet some of the demand for training at the Ashram. CAT has also undertaken a household survey to determine if the customers are satisfied with the improved stoves and if they can be further improved for increased sales. Presently, the sale of stoves is heavily dependent on state subsidies to encourage popularity and as in neighbouring Sri Lanka a more commercial approach is to be developed over the next 2 years. The new workshop wild also be used to produce water filters which they are developing to help the 50% of the rural population who have no access to pure water. The filters are of pottery and will have a very low price. [top] [end]Contents: Boiling Point 16: Muds, Clays and Metals for Stove Making
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