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Since my childhood, I have seen how difficult it has been to find a place to defecate. People simply squatted right at the roadside or along a crop. Women had really a tough time. Kapse Foundation has constructed excellent toilets with septic tanks at hamlets like Vadgaon, Bhallegaon. These toilets are better than those provided by the Government.

Through Kapse Foundation, Balkrishna Kapse has done a lot for the Zilla Parishad school in Vadgaon. Because of the Foundation, the school now has a computer room, clean drinking water and an electric motor. The Foundation also has helped students, especially tribal students by providing a fund of Rs.11 lacs for their education.

We are in the handloom business since 2003. In 2003 we learnt it at Kapse's and in 2005 we had our own handloom at home. Even the silk and the design were provided by Kapses. We went on adding more handlooms as our business increased and now it keeps us both busy. Thanks to Kapse, Women have a source of income right in their homes.

I have done B. E. Mech. My house collapsed in the Corona pandemic. I could never have rebuilt it without the help of Kapse Foundation. I tried working for someone else; but the desire to do something on my own was very strong. I approached Kapses who encouraged me. Thanks to them, now I have my own handloom at home and I am my own master.

Both of my children are employed at Kapse Foundation. Balubhau Kapse has been of great help to me. He gave me a roof on my head and charged me nothing for that. He also gave me two handlooms. During the day, my boys weave Paithani’s at the factory and do some weaving at home too, if they can find time. I am happy that my toils have paid off and we are settled.

"Here we have a three-month training program. At the start, the trainees just watch the trained weavers for two weeks. Thereafter they learn the process of removing kakada, etc. One deaf-mute person takes at least three to four months to be trained. It is a challenge to communicate with them in their language but we love this challenge. Because, you see, teaching them gives you a sense of profound fulfilment.

We became associated with Kapse Paithani around two years ago; but our life before and after is poles apart. The facilities we enjoy here cannot be found anywhere else and that is why we are able to do three to four inches of work per day here. Here we have a home, we have a job and most importantly, we have job satisfaction.