As part of NEN’s initiate to diversify livelihood opportunities for youth and women across the state, besides providing training to women on leadership development, NEN has been constantly supported skill trainings in different parts of the state with the objective to professionalise the handloom tradition as well as to add value to the existing skills of any handicraft in order to make it an alternative means of livelihood, train the weavers on quality control and familiarising weavers with the supply chain management and merchandising
Among the recently conducted training are 24 weavers of Chizami village trained on knitting and crochet products, adding value to the already existing skills. 28 weavers were trained on diversifying weaving loin loom products; cushion covers, table runners and mats at Ruzazho village from Chozuba cluster, under Phek District, Nagaland.