Opening of the Bersahara Store

         

On Sunday the 16th of December 2012, Bersahara celebrated the opening of its store. It was attended by women from Ujung and the ceremony started with an opening prayer which was led by Hj Saibi, the leader of the group

The Bersahara store has been open since December the 2^nd 2012 and is located across from the Matahari Inn in Kuta, Lombok. The store is open from 9am to 5pm on Monday to Fridays and from 2pm to 7pm on Sundays.

Bersahara store sells handmade products that are made by the local woman from Ujung Village Kuta Lombok.   The woman use fabric created using traditional weaving techniques and are inspired from modern designs.   Most of them using hand woven ikat which has been made by craftswoman from Sade Village.

Craftswoman from Sade Village

A bag made from hand woven ikat

Every Sunday afternoon you can meet a group of woman from Batu Riti Village  Kuta making bangles at our store. 

               

If you are looking for nice presents from Lombok stop by at our store. By choosing to buy our products you are supporting the empowerment of local women and contributing to the improvement of their family life standards.

Come by and shop at the Bersahara Store !

Third Handicraft Market

On 18 November 2012 Bersahara conducted the third handicraft market that has taken place at Solah Beach Bar & Restaurant in Kuta Lombok. The market was run from 12 to 8 pm and attracted many tourists. The purpose of this program is to give the woman the opportunity to interact with buyers who are mostly foreigners and explain their work.

Fifteen visitors shopped at the market coming from Mataram, Jakarta, in Indonesia and from as far as England, and Australia. Total sales made almost RP 2,000,000 ( US$222 ) making the day a great success for all involved. Thank you Solah and all the visitors. We look forward to seeing you at the next market.

                                        

                

Profit sharing of Ujung Group and Batu Riti

On November 2^nd and  December 4^th 2012, the Ujung and Baturiti groups respectively, had their first Profit sharing experience, resulting from their first year of savings and loans. 

The Profit gained is the result of the interest rate payed by all the members for taking loans from the groups. The interests from loans are kept in the box during the year, so they become a capital increase for the group, and then after 12 months they are shared among the members according to the number of shares or savings. 

Ujung Group shared a total of Rp 1,036,168 (aprox. 1000US$), while Baturiti  group shared a total of Rp 664,000, (aprox. 625USD) Members received cash payment based on the number of their shares accumulated for the year. The resulting profit earning was of 9 -14% of the total number of shares for a year,  much greater than the interest for savings offered by the banks, which is 4% per year!

The more loans disbursed to members the more benefit the members will get. Likewise, the more shares owned by members more benefit will get. Another advantage for the members is the lack of an administration fee.

Congratulations Women!