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Report on market stall held in the Clocktower, Jodhpur 12 - 17 January 2009
Purpose
We held a stall for 6 days in the Clocktower selling items that the girls had made from the Sambhali shop to raise funds for 2 Health Camps we were going to hold, one at Sambhali Center in Jodhpur and one in Setrawa village in February.
Obtaining a site
We were kindly lent a space in front of a spice shop in the Clocktower. We rented a couple of trestle tables and had 2 Sambhali Trust banners and Sambhali India tags made. We also had 60 postcards made from 6 photos of the girls and Setrawa had put together a small album of photos from their project also. A wooden clothes stand was made to put the dresses etc on.
Daily routine
Two girls from Sambhali would help with running the stall along with Pinky and I everyday on a rota system. We would ask the girls to arrive at 10am at Sambhali; they would change into a couple of identical saris provided for them and then we took all the furniture and items to be sold down there at 10.15/10.30am. The main times that the tourists were walking around the Clocktower, were initially in the morning, more around lunchtime, but then it was very slow until about 4pm when the tourists had generally finished their sightseeing and were walking around the Clocktower until about 6.30pm when it got dark. We were fortunate that we could leave everything in the shop overnight.
Half way during the week, we needed to change out site and were able to use the corner spot by the gate nearest the fort which proved a slightly better situation as we had more passing trade and we were more independent. It also was in the shade during the day and had a street lamp at night both of which are very necessary! Again, we were helped by a nearby spice shop working with Baba Art Emporium who let us keep our items in their shop overnight and were very helpful.
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Soniya and Sandhya
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Items sold
We sold a variety of items which had been made over the last few months. The stuffed elephants proved to be very popular and always attracted tourists and Indians alike to the stall. Bags also proved popular.
6 bags
2 small bags – including one with peacock feather
10 stuffed elephants
4 tablecloths – large and small
6 cushion covers – unfortunately the appliqué ones were not very popular
15 bracelets
2 bookmarks
4 small handmade tags
2 hand made paper cards
1 pink skirt (the only item of clothing that sold)
1 white Om scarf
1 pink shawl
2 yellow bedside table cloths block-printed with elephants
3 letter wall-hangings
1 embroidered mobile
2 sets of coasters (generally people didn’t know what these were for)
Embroidered wall hanging of camel
3 stuffed bird keyrings
Postcards
1 doll
2 drawstring pouch bags
20 bags from Setrawa village project + 2 mobile phone pouches
The cushion covers were the main items which didn’t sell, as well as the clothes, which are individual taste. Some tourists were checking the bags for zips/poppers, others asked for glasses cases and another idea suggested was a padded rectangular travelers money bag which could be put over the shoulder. The key rings looked attractive to the stall.
Everything sold was put into a sari bag the girls had made which were attractive and an added bonus. We had Sambhali Trust flyers and Sambhali Dreams booklets, which we added to the purchases as and when. |
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