Growing With Care
Rebuilding Rengam
The Growing with Care project began in April 2024 to help Rengam, a local organisation based in Majuli, Assam, find its footing again. Rengam had grown steadily since its collectivisation by Amar Majuli in 2012 and formal registration in 2014.
Alongside Rengam and Amar Majuli and with support from Adhyan Charitable Trust, together, RBF helped form a group of 20 young women from within the membership, known as Rengam Resource Persons who became the backbone of the cooperative, bridging gaps between the communities and the organisation, managing the showroom, tracking production, supporting quality control, maintaining records, and much more.
The Rengam Resource Persons were supported through regular training in accounting, administration, customer service, marketing, and community mobilisation. RBF also supported Rengam to secure its Silk Mark certification, initiate its digital presence, and develop new motifs and products with guidance from a seasoned textile designer. These small but focused steps helped build confidence within the organisation.
Today, Rengam functions through a women-led structure — 271 General Body members, 13 Board members, 4 Monitoring members, and 20 RRPs covering 15 villages across 4 clusters in Majuli. Rengam expanded its product range to placemats, table runners, cushion covers, and Eri silk and cotton sarees — giving a contemporary utility to weaves with traditional Mising motifs.
The weavers are coming back. The systems are taking shape. Most importantly, the belief in the collective is returning. Growing with Care is about rebuilding dignity, leadership, and solidarity from within.
Growing With Care
Rebuilding Rengam
The Growing with Care project began in April 2024 to help Rengam, a local organisation based in Majuli, Assam, find its footing again. Rengam had grown steadily since its collectivisation by Amar Majuli in 2012 and formal registration in 2014.
Alongside Rengam and Amar Majuli and with support from Adhyan Charitable Trust, together, RBF helped form a group of 20 young women from within the membership, known as Rengam Resource Persons who became the backbone of the cooperative, bridging gaps between the communities and the organisation, managing the showroom, tracking production, supporting quality control, maintaining records, and much more.
The Rengam Resource Persons were supported through regular training in accounting, administration, customer service, marketing, and community mobilisation. RBF also supported Rengam to secure its Silk Mark certification, initiate its digital presence, and develop new motifs and products with guidance from a seasoned textile designer. These small but focused steps helped build confidence within the organisation.
Today, Rengam functions through a women-led structure — 271 General Body members, 13 Board members, 4 Monitoring members, and 20 RRPs covering 15 villages across 4 clusters in Majuli. Rengam expanded its product range to placemats, table runners, cushion covers, and Eri silk and cotton sarees — giving a contemporary utility to weaves with traditional Mising motifs.
The weavers are coming back. The systems are taking shape. Most importantly, the belief in the collective is returning. Growing with Care is about rebuilding dignity, leadership, and solidarity from within.
