Today was a day off from distribution and we took advantage of our time by visiting two of the suppliers for the sleeping kits.
Mr. Patel provided the clothing for the children from his 250 square foot workroom which has if I counted right, 12 sewing machines. He has 6 or 7 people here but he also has another space with 10 employees as well as he contracts out to individual seamstresses who work at home. The electricity was out when we visited, which apparently is common and when that happens, work carries on at nights to meet deadlines. Mr. Patel showed us samples of his other work including uniforms, which looked great and provided chai during our visit.
We then drove out to a fully automated industrial plant that provided the kit containers, a polymer sack. This company is world competitive in the eco-friendly bio-degradable wrapping market. They pay their employees better than the government mandated minimum wage of 450 rupees or 9$C per day.
The local and Pune rotary clubs and the SCAW then went out to lunch to a great team building experience.
Below are pics of Mr. Patel, his sop and the polymer making equipment with the CEO.
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