Summary: Gulam Abbas and Mohd Ayaz are a father and son team living in a small village called Sarai Tarin Gulam Abbas has 11 children Mohd Ayaz the eldest son has chosen to follow his father in the business and one daughter is also being trained to take over the accounts books Gulam Abbas established his company which is named after himself and his son in 1975 In 1992 he was introduced to Asha Handicrafts Association by his uncle who was also an artisan supported by Asha As during the process of working with bone and horn fine dust is generated Asha Handicrafts Association has provided his artisans with face masks and they are encouraged to wear these masks in order to prevent the dust from causing damage to their lungs They have also been provided with a vacuum cleaner to remove the dust fallen on the ground more efficiently In 2003 04 Asha Handicrafts gave Gulam Abbas orders worth US $ 16972 00 This is more than 75 of his income The reason he appreciates working with Asha Handicrafts Association is because through them he gets design inputs from their designers advance against orders and prompt payments on delivery of goods He is also given adequate time to produce the order so he does not have to rush production by hiring many new artisans He can give more work to his regular artisans with help of Asha Handicrafts Association Gulam Abbas and Mohd Ayaz are a father and son team living in a small village called Sarai Tarin Gulam Abbas has 11 children Mohd Ayaz the eldest son has chosen to follow his father in the business and one daughter is also being trained to take over the accounts books Gulam Abbas established his company which is named after himself and his son in 1975 In 1992 he was introduced to Asha Handicrafts Association by his uncle who was also an artisan supported by Asha As during the process of working with bone and horn fine dust is generated Asha Handicrafts Association has provided his artisans with face masks and they are encouraged to wear these masks in order to prevent the dust from causing damage to their lungs They have also been provided with a vacuum cleaner to remove the dust fallen on the ground more efficiently In 2003 04 Asha Handicrafts gave Gulam Abbas orders worth US $ 16972 00 This is more than 75 of his income The reason he appreciates working with Asha Handicrafts Association is because through them he gets design inputs from their designers advance against orders and prompt payments on delivery of goods He is also given adequate time to produce the order so he does not have to rush production by hiring many new artisans He can give more work to his regular artisans with help of Asha Handicrafts Association
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