At Asha Niketan...

Workshops & Vocational Training

Our gardening, crafting and candle making workshops provide opportunities for our core members to participate in meaningful work in a sheltered environment. Living within a structured routine and learning new skills enables people to gain confidence and thus become more independent. In our workshops everyone has the chance try new activities and discover their own gifts and talents. Our work includes: Doormat, scarf and phone-mat weaving, painting and polishing bamboo pencil holders, bead work - earrings and bracelets, candle making, card drawing, and stitching.

At work we have the opportunity to be creative and productive and at the same time discover the discipline and structure of work which helps us find stability. The act of working with our hands and creating beautiful things from raw materials offers us healing. We take pride in our work, and enjoy selling our products at local exhibitions, where we are able to interact with the people of Bangalore.