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I Made A Rain Coat For Less Than 10 Cents For Poor Street Kids
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I Made A Rain Coat For Less Than 10 Cents For Poor Street Kids

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Maya foundation in Ahmedabad, India approached us and asked, if we could teach street kids, to make rain coats. Maya foundation runs a school for construction workers kids, who had no place to go while their parents worked. During monsoon these kids would stop coming to the school because they had no rain protection and obviously no money to spend for it.

Button masala is a simple technique of connecting fabrics, and it replaces tedious stitching from the garment making system. It requires only rubberbands and buttons (or any other round object) to construct garments or bags or shoes or raincoats in this case.

We used two polybags and few sequins and few rubberbands to make one raincoat. The cost of such a raincoat is almost negligible. The old plastic bags can be recycled as well.

We taught the kids how to make button masala raincoats in a 2 hour workshop. They all could make their own raincoat in less than an hour and jumped in the rain that came down right after the workshop.

For more details about button masala please visit our button masala page on facebook or instagram.

More info: Facebook

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    kids at their small make shift school wondering what they going to learn today

    us demonstrating them how to make the rain coat

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    raju attempting to make his first rain coat

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    soon we started seeing kids dressed up in their own raincoats

    almost every one made a raincoat and look at the joy on their faces

    they did not want to miss the photo opportunity

    little aliens in their blue rain coats

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    a little mobile pouch can also be added with sequins and rubberbands

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    Anuj Sharma

    Anuj Sharma

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    i am based in ahmedabad, india. i have developed a simple technique called button masala. the technique involves buttons and rubberbands and almost like tie and dye technique. But it replaces stitching in a very simple way. So, i construct clothes and other products without a single stitch or machine or tools. check out button masala page on facebook or insta for more.

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    Anuj Sharma

    Anuj Sharma

    Author, Community member

    i am based in ahmedabad, india. i have developed a simple technique called button masala. the technique involves buttons and rubberbands and almost like tie and dye technique. But it replaces stitching in a very simple way. So, i construct clothes and other products without a single stitch or machine or tools. check out button masala page on facebook or insta for more.

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    Kshitiz Jain
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finding the solution from the existing thing is a great artwork. Keep up the good work sir.

    Raj Kala
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great initiative from Maya foundation and fantastic outcome by Anuj for street kids. simple yet so effective , that's what Anuj's work is all about .

    Kshitiz Jain
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finding the solution from the existing thing is a great artwork. Keep up the good work sir.

    Raj Kala
    Community Member
    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great initiative from Maya foundation and fantastic outcome by Anuj for street kids. simple yet so effective , that's what Anuj's work is all about .

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