Sunder Rang Arts and Crafts.
Sunder Rang is an arts and crafts center established on International Women's Day in 2007 in Chandelao, Rajasthan, India. The center employs local women from the village and was founded by Kristin Andresen with funding from the Norwegian family company, Ferd Foundation.
Photography by Deborah Albert
Take Time To Care projects supporting Sunder Rang.
Our first visit to Sunder Rang was in October 2016, and since then, we have visited many times with groups of women to support various capacity-building projects. Our visits focus on product development, and we also assist with photography and marketing initiatives. In 2023, we had an optician check and donate glasses to women in need of new ones, and some years, we have also donated sewing machines to women in challenging situations or to those getting married, ensuring they can continue using their craft skills in their new villages.
At Sunder Rang, they also employ women with different abilities. With the right educational and social opportunities, much can be done to improve the life circumstances of these women, and the results for the women working at the Craft Center are very impressive. During our visit in November 2019, Trine Ravn Gulstad joined us. Trine is founder of Specialsport, a Danish NGO that bridges the gap between children with special needs and sports associations, and worked with a few of the women during our visit.
Photography Tour.
Karen Lucas, owner of Karen Lucas Photography, organised a photography tour for a group of women to Rajasthan in March 2019. We encouraged Karen to visit the women in Sunder Rang Arts and Crafts Centre with her group and they all loved it! During their visit the photographers worked on a variety of projects.
They shared their skills with the women, teaching them about product presentation, product photography, backgrounds, and lighting. The group stayed at the beautiful Chandelao Garh Fort in the village.
