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Reaching the Unreached in India

Reaching the Unreached (RTU) is a development organisation in Southern India that aims to fulfil the basic needs of the poor especially children and women and encourage self reliance. RTU has a complete range of community activities including medical care, foster families programme, community health, water, housing and the income generation programme. The duvet covers and pillow cases are all hand woven and sewn together in the industries department. The industries department aims to provide employment in the area and all profits generated go into the development programmes of RTU.

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Some of the RTU sponsored children play in the evening outside their home The threads are hand spun onto tins using wheels from old bicycles
The threads are hand set on the loom Skilled producers work the hand looms Hand dying Decorating the workshop floor before work in the morning