Success Story of Khundrakpam Kavita Devi
When everybody of the folk busy around farming and agriculture activities, Khundrakpam Kavita Devi cherish for long, a dream, a business from home and care for her kids and husband, a free time business with less physical movements. She always looked up to her father doing a part time business of weaving traditional mats with Kouna (Water reed) and pondered of doing the part time business. However she was reluctant about the possible meager income and efforts. She managed an innovation which some people talk about, ladies bags out of Kouna handicraft.
The same dilemma of market opportunity took her aback. Since her efforts are well documented and properly chanalised with my acquaintance with her business and hectic planning to foster the business in pan-India level with business contacts. The effort Manipur Maparee invested about the sustainable economy through Kouna handicraft brings forth a ray of hope to her for the near future, in addition to the sudden success she achieved. She is an example, par excellence! She earns around forty thousand rupees a month in such beginning of the business. The near future is a huge dream fulfillment for her and many friends associated with her, who also get success in the similar way. The path to a successful entrepreneur for Kavita is quite assured. Her presence in Dilli Haat will be a game changer, a strategic stride for promoting ecosystem based economy, specially by organizing women and girls.
Her business ramification now reaches production of Kouna raw material and she has converted two acres of her available land as Kouna cultivation farm. She is a rising sun in the business and will usher light to many more.