Artisans : Noahs’s Ark work with more than 100 artisan groups involving more than 600 people and their main places for production are Moradabad, Saharanpur, Nagina, Jaipur, Sari Tarin, Delhi, Hapur, Firozabad & Amritsar. We pay fair wages which are more than 10+15% than the local wages and our supervisors do two stage monitoring for certifying production qiality, working condition and ensure that the correct wages are being paid. Also we do capacity building for artisans and during last 15 years we were able to establish workshop for more than 20 artisans. Currently we are running different projects for schooling of artisan children, pure drinking water in artisans workshops and their capacity building and these projects are named Ashakirna (means ray of hope for children), Pyas (means thirst –pure drinking water) & Ummeed (means Hope for capacity building). Some of our main Artisan groups are as follows:
| Artisans |
Product Speaciality |
% of Noahs’s
Ark work |
Location |
Reg + Sea
Artisans |
Male/Female |
Purchase US $
2006-2007 |
Purchase US $
2007-2008 |
| Aftab Ahmad |
Jewellery |
90 % |
Hapur |
10+40 |
20+30 |
40000.00 |
65300.00 |
| Ahtesham Uddin |
Horn |
60 % |
Sarai Tarin |
4+20 |
20+4 |
44600.00 |
50800.00 |
| Imran & Ikram |
Resin/ Horn |
50 % |
Sarai Tarin |
4+20 |
12+12 |
12891.88 |
24391.65 |
| Amar Handicraft |
Wood |
50 % |
Saharanpur |
15+15 |
20/10 |
42223.70 |
44652.98 |
| Attar Singh |
Iron wire |
50 % |
Got-Mbd |
10 |
10 |
3193.90 |
5000.00 |
| Dilshad Hussain |
S.Steel |
90 % |
Bilari |
15 |
15 |
23721.63 |
31000.00 |
| Furkaan |
Aluminium |
50 % |
Moradabad |
6 |
6 |
2721.33 |
2507.78 |
| Gopal Kishan |
Glass |
20 % |
Firozabad |
15 |
15 |
14339.95 |
15371.65 |
| Mohd. Shakeel |
Iron |
75% |
Moradaabd |
4+6 |
10 |
8000.00 |
13000.00 |
| Harsooroop |
Brass & Beed |
100 % |
Moradabad |
20 |
12+8 |
11654.43 |
8580.78 |
| Ikrar Hussein |
Brass |
75 % |
Moradabad |
4+15 |
19 |
25000.00 |
28000.00 |
| Inam |
Wood |
20 % |
Nagina |
11 |
11 |
8613.40 |
1806.25 |
| Nafees Ahmad |
Wood |
85 % |
Nagina |
15 |
15 |
20300.50 |
37653.38 |
| Intezar hussain |
Aluminium |
60 % |
Moradabad |
12 |
12 |
2194.35 |
5291.33 |
| Intizar Hussain |
Metal Jewellery |
40 % |
Sarai Tarin |
20+30 |
30/20 |
6700.00 |
20800.00 |
| Ismail |
Brass |
100 % |
Moradabad |
5 |
5 |
947.13 |
897.85 |
| Ashish Lodha |
Silver Jewellery |
60 % |
Jaipur |
4+20 |
18/6 |
83436.68 |
77594.05 |
| Handicrafts |
40 % |
Jaipur |
4+16 |
10+10 |
25141.60 |
20815.40 |
| Jalil-Ur-Rahmaan |
Brass |
20 % |
Moradabad |
6 |
6 |
5000.00 |
6000.00 |
| Kamrul Hassan |
Iron |
90 % |
Moradabad |
9 |
9 |
4349.18 |
24151.13 |
| Khalil Ahamed |
Brass |
30 % |
Moradabad |
12 |
12 |
2270.20 |
22485.00 |
| Khalil Ahmed II |
Iron |
100 % |
Moradabad |
12 |
12 |
5657.45 |
13357.75 |
| Majid Hussain |
Brass |
30 % |
Moradabad |
6+4 |
10 |
8000.00 |
7000.00 |
| Mehandi Hassan |
Bead |
40 % |
Moradabad |
8+13 |
6+15 |
6789.20 |
18076.23 |
| Mohamed Akram |
Brass & Aluminium |
20 % |
Moradabad |
8 |
8 |
4110.28 |
8500.00 |
| Mohamed Israil |
Bead |
70 % |
Moradabad |
4+8 |
8 |
2258.50 |
8225.00 |
| Mohamed Meeraj |
Brass |
100 % |
Moradabad |
6+8 |
6 |
25874.08 |
20721.45 |
| Mohamed Rafi |
Brass & Polishing |
100 % |
Moradabad |
5 |
5 |
3667.75 |
16556.98 |
| Mohamed Shaheed |
Brass |
90 % |
Saharanpur |
6+6 |
12 |
2408.18 |
15973.95 |
| Bahar Ahmad |
Wood |
60 % |
|
8+20 |
20+8 |
34996.38 |
25066.03 |
| R. K. Verma |
Bead |
50 % |
Moradabad |
10 |
6+4 |
8092.20 |
5168.58 |
| Ziaudddin |
Wood |
100 % |
Nagina |
6+10 |
12+4 |
18419.80 |
27219.60 |
| Sayeed Ahmed |
Brass |
10 % |
Moradabad |
8 |
8 |
2000.00 |
3000.00 |
| Shahanawaz Baradari |
Brass |
30 % |
Moradabad |
8 |
8 |
17928.58 |
26200.00 |
| Shahanawaz II |
Aluminium |
100 % |
Moradabad |
4+4 |
8 |
3948.15 |
5500.00 |
| Anwar Saleem (Annu) |
Lanterns & Recyle |
100 % |
Moradabad |
6+10 |
16 |
25000.00 |
59000.00 |
| Mohd. Riyaz |
Mosaic Glass |
60 % |
Sirsi |
4+20 |
8+16 |
10000.00 |
12000.00 |
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