Journal of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
Vol. 32, No. 2 , 2007
W.E.L.L. and me:
A new meaning of beautiful
by Tayka Hesselgrave
Tayka is an American university undergraduate who came to
Auroville on a study-abroad programme. An important part of
this programme is “Service Learning” where the students join
in workplaces in Auroville to get on-the-job experience of an-
other culture. Tayka was assigned to W.E.L.L. (Women’s Empow-
erment through Local Livelihood),a project of the Auroville Vil-
lage Action Trust which trains poor village women in a craft
which recycles wastepaper and guides them on to make their
own production company with W.E.L.L. continuing to help them
with administration and marketing. —Bhavana Dee
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