Okhai-Centre for Empowerment: Refashioning the Lives of Rural Women

Abstract

The case describes the beginning and growth of a social enterprise ‘Okhai’, started to help women artisans from rural areas with no income and a poor social background. It helped women by promoting their handicraft and making it popular in the domestic and international market. As the organisation grows, it faces challenges of operations, procurement and supply chain, quality, retailing, branding, etc. The case evaluates the feasibility of the ambitious targets set by Okhai. It thus delineates the issues faced in scaling a small organisation.