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Kaarigar Clinic
Ahmedabad
Vision and Mission: Develop micro entrepreneurs from within artisan communities to create sustainable livelihoods and strengthen their social and economic status. To empower them so that villages become better places to work, earn and live.
To create strong and sustainable businesses for Kaarigars, who are very keen to do so but are unable to due to lack of education, resources, business management and/or design skills.
The goal is to develop 25 Kaarigar entrepreneurs in the next 5 years to create livelihoods for 2500 families.
Duration of Support
October 2019 - Present
SVP Lead Partners
Pavan Bakeri, Vimal Ambani, Malay Patel
Duration of Support
October 2019 - Present
SVP Lead Partners
Pavan Bakeri, Vimal Ambani, Malay Patel
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Home » Our Investees » Kaarigar Clinic
Kaarigar Clinic
Ahmedabad
Vision and Mission: Develop micro entrepreneurs from within artisan communities to create sustainable livelihoods and strengthen their social and economic status. To empower them so that villages become better places to work, earn and live.
To create strong and sustainable businesses for Kaarigars, who are very keen to do so but are unable to due to lack of education, resources, business management and/or design skills.
The goal is to develop 25 Kaarigar entrepreneurs in the next 5 years to create livelihoods for 2500 families.
Duration of Support
October 2019 - Present
SVP Lead Partners
Pavan Bakeri, Vimal Ambani, Malay Patel
SVP-Banyan Tree Foundation Partnership
Banyan Tree Foundation first approached SVP Ahmedabad with an idea and a successful pilot. Partners helped them evolve successfully to become a sustainable model capable of expansion and growth. The structure withstood the test of COVID with no further requirement of assistance from any funding bodies.
Story of success
The founder, Nileshbhai Priyadarshi, had a well-paying corporate job when he first approached SVP Ahmedabad with his idea. He had been unable to find funding and the much-needed mentorship support to confidently dive in full-time and pursue his passion. Partners identified the potential in his idea and supported him through the process of setting up organizational and financial structures for Banyan Tree Foundation. Four months after the partners started interacting with him, before any financial commitment, he found the confidence to quit his day job and dedicate his life to giving artisans a medium to market themselves. He calls the partners his ‘firefighters’. With them in tow he can take risks knowing that he has someone to back him up.