Women are initiated into concrete block making as well equipped unit for training and production. AWC attempts to break the so called ‘off-limits’ o women in the society and initiate new manners of economic activities with less or no support from men community, thus showcase the strength of the women. Women led cement brick training and production unit is functioning at Vettimukal, supplying different types of bricks for construction to outsiders. 

Women are initiated into the intricacies of Ferro cement technology constructing Rain water harvesting tanks, biogas plants, and wall cupboards etc. Ide tifying the need of the era, AWC promotes the modern and scientific technology based infrastructure construction, in which Ferro-cement technology is an inevitable part. The organization not only provides training in the new technology, rather commercialize the products and thereby ensure sustainability of the project. 

Women trainees of AWC are breaking traditional building style fetching new solutions to the exorbitant rise in price of building materials by the introd ction of Bamboo technology. Truss works, houses, resorts etc. can be built with beauty, durability and cost effectiveness. The trainees are guided by international trainers from Netherlands and Germany.

AWC trained women in the skill of plumbing. The aim of this unit was to make the women specifically skilled in a technology that hitherto was inaccessib e to them. It helped create an inner conviction within them that given a strong will and commitment to move ahead. Now they finished more than 352 well recharging units at Aymanam, Kanakkary, Mutholy and Ramapuram Panchayath in Kottayam district.

AWC trained women in electrical workers. The aim of the training is to create a group of skilled electricians who are able to do all types of electrical works. The training enable them to do so many electrical works in different Panchayats especially maintenance works for the flood affected houses.

AWC implemented a new idea in the non –traditional livelihood sector - Driving. As an innovative effort we are stepping in to the field of driving by raining women as professional drivers. We have trained four batches of women having 10 members in each batch. The main objective of the training is to motivate them to acquire the driving skills and build confidence and for road driving and prepare them to pass permanent driving license test. The Archana Taxis programme empowers resource poor women to become professional drivers to enable them to gain remunerative 'livelihood with dignity'

The plumbing and ferro cement workers benefitted from this project. Our team completed well recharging work of 923 houses during past two years at Ayman m Panchayat. 

AWC organized LED bulb production training programme in collaboration with Novelux Lighting solutions, Ernakulam led by Mr.Rengith (Production Head, Nov lux Lighting solutions). 29 women participated in the programme.

Umbrella making

An 18 member team has been trained and launched in to the market of performance during the year of 2019. They have been successful in getting booked for shows in the state and outside the state, especially for temple festivals and marriage functions. Generally it is a domain of the male artisans. So it demands special efforts and courage from the part of women artisans to win the market. They ought to be ready to travel to distant places, be absent from home for a few days, accept the challenges of competing with men etc. After a couple of performances our team is confident and very proud of their skills and are earning at least Rs 2500 / each show. They are enjoying their artisan skills in Shinkarimelam. The demand varies according to season. In off season they engage in other activities like tailoring, mat making, or in MGNREGS works.

Information Technology becomes the part and parcel of our life. Without computer and digital skill the day to day life is incomplete and it has become v ry mandatory for living. Most of the CAG members are having only basic education and they lack IT skill. During the year we could train 500 women from our CAG groups in IT skills. The actual target was 1000. But as Kudumbasree was running similar programmes, the target got distributed with AWC and Kudumbasree. Those women who underwent the training became more familiar to the computer and its basic knowledge. From the very trivial use of sending messages to the high end use of smart phones; they became masters in no-time. Some of them commented that "we are proud that we also are computer skilled persons" with lot of pride in their voice.. This equipped them with the skill to sustain in the modern world. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise during the pandemic situation as there was a sudden switch over to online trend.

During this pandemic the stitching units and small-scale production units run by our members proved to be the only source of income in their families as here were job cuts all around. We strengthened our production units and distribution channels to exploit the opportunities that were created by the pandemic and thus encourage healthier practices in the community. AWC gave training to these women in stitching PPE Kit. It was a break through as the demand for PPE kit were high. The training was a great success as we are able to continue the supply of PPE kits through more than 80 units of 5 members and we have a centre at AWC itself. One of our groups of entrepreneurs have developed into a big producer unit with all modern machineries for cutting and sewing and have become capable of providing work to more than 500 women. Many families are dependent on the income of these women. New tailoring machines are being distributed and training is being given to more ladies in view of the demand for masks and other protective gears.

From January 1st 2020, Government of Kerala banned the use of plastic bags. This was perfect time to step into environment friendly bag making business n various states of India. Government is taking necessary steps in educating people about hazards of plastics and related materials, and in many states of India we see that use of environment friendly carry bags have overtaken plastic bags. Kerala alone had demand for over millions of environment friendly carry bags in a month. In collaboration with NABARD we had conducted training for 3 batches, totally 96 members benefitted from it. They started production units and are earning a decent income.

The food processing unit focuses on the production and sale of pure and good quality items .Through the food processing  unit  AWC is selling out qual ty food products through different CAGs and our outlet. The items  produced  are  having high demand. It’s an opportunity for the CAG members who are interested in sale The families in CAGs and outside benefit from our quality products, thus Archana's aim to provide healthy food as a women right is being accomplished. Under the auspices of our food processing  Unit a training in food processing was organized for CAG members. It was led by a well-known entrepreneur, Mrs. Viji Prakash from Alleppy, in Kerala. 22 members became partners in expanding their ventures. During the three days of training, they were able to learn new taste combinations and techniques especially to make pickles.