Reporting On Our Progress
Q1 & Q2 2022 Impact Report
MELA ARTSIANS IMPACT REPORT Q1 + Q2, 2022
MELA ARTISANS IMPACT REPORT Q1 + Q2, 2022
Part 1: Letter from our Founder Part 2: Impact Report Performance Metrics Producer Map Part 3: Artisan Story
Report Contents
Part 4: Next Steps
Mela Artisans is scaling a successful company that continues to build shareholder value, as it makes a big social impact on its communi ty of artisans. Measuring our impact allows us to expand our innovative brand while continuing to enrich the lives of our artisans and provide customers with beautiful, handcrafted home décor and furnishings.
Message from our Founder
Our goal is to play a role in preserving our heritage’s craft and showing the world how beautiful these crafts are while providing artisans with a sustainable livelihood. We are a brand with a purpose, and measuring our impact is an important part of our DNA.
Navroze Mehta Founder & CEO
MELA ARTISANS IMPACT REPORT Q1 + Q2, 2022
MELA ARTISANS IMPACT REPORT Q1 + Q2, 2022
Sustainable Development Goals
MELA ARTISANS IMPACT REPORT Q1 + Q2, 2022
Metrics
1
$683k
Total wages from January-June 2022
2
1547
Total Artisans Employed
3
7735
Total impacted including family members
Dashboard
MELA ARTISANS IMPACT REPORT Q1 + Q2, 2022
MELA ARTISANS IMPACT REPORT Q1 + Q2, 2022
Producer Map
1322 artisans across, 18 producer groups
225 artisans across, 3 producer groups
Artisan Story ACN HANDICRAFTS ACN handicraft, founded in 2006, is a Jodhpur based group that specializes Mehndi technique. ACN artisans experiment with different mixed materials and create new collections in sync with the latest trends in the international market. The Mehndi collections use motifs inspired by the art of Henna embellishing decor items in vibrant colors and traditional patterns like the 'mandala'. One of our oldest Mehndi artisans is highly skilled, Vinod Bhati, from Jodhpur. For the last 25 years he has been working as a Mehndi painter. He loves to innovate with colors and patterns . Currently he is earning INR 20,000/- to 25,000/- per month.
MELA ARTISANS IMPACT REPORT Q1 + Q2, 2022
Next Steps
Action Step 1
Action Step 2
Action Step 3
Increasing artisanal sourcing base including women artisans
Last mile healthcare
Sustainable packaging
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Website www.melaartisans.com
Thank you! MELA ARTISANS IMPACT REPORT JULY 2022
Contact us if there are any questions.
Email Address nmehta@melaartisans.com