Our News & Views

2018 July - Newsflash

We are super excited to welcome Sanghamitra and Rubina to Holi Boli.  Contracts in hand. Best part of my job! Banita ensures the ladies understand my poor Odia language.  Thanks to u who have supported Holi Boli !  Special thanks Two Lippy Ladies  and Tonic & Cloth 
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2018 January - Another Sewing Class Begins! :)

Holi Boli Sewing School has kicked of 2018After taking a 6 month break to head over to "Sarah the Carer's" wedding in Castor, Alberta, Canada we are back into sewing class. We have extended Holi Boli operations so the school has taken over the house at the back of Holi Boli. Awesome! All the machines have been set up, serviced and students are arriving ready to go. At Holi Boli School there is one...
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2017 November - We are growing! Thank you for buying Holi Boli!

More Sales = More people at Holi Boli! धन्यवाद! Holi Boli Team: Lakshmi, Bhanumati (Back); Pramila, Asmati, Sandhya (Middle); Banita, Janaki, Sasmita (Front) धन्यवाद /dhanyavad/ (Thank You) Thank you, thank you, thank you! More dresses are selling so we have been able to employee more ladies from our village. That is our goal, it is a simple idea, do what I do best, make dresses, and empower women in...
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2017 August - Newsflash!

NEWSFLASH!!!! Holi Boli is excited to announce a new member to our team! Asmati comes from a nearby village. She completed the Holi Boli sewing training programme in the last graduation. She is very very hard working and has a natural ability for sewing. She will be learning some new skills over the next few months and then will start stitching Holi Boli dresses. We are so excited! We want to sell...
Read more
2017 June - Newspaper Article in New Zealand

From sewing in Tamatea, to teaching women in India Newspaper link click here Author: MEGAN HUNTJune 9 2017 Holi Boli founder Ana Wilkinson-Gee with some of her company's designs.In 2010 Ana Wilkinson-Gee and her family moved to India.To reach their home in Bhalupali, a small village in central Odisha on the country's east coast, the family of five fly into Kolkata then take a 12-hour train ride...
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2017 February - Valentine's Sale 40% off

Holi Boli is all about spreading the LOVE! So, Valentine's day seems like the perfect time for a sale.  Money in the bank enables us to empower rural Indian women; dresses in the store room does not!  So, open your heart (and your wallet) and help us to empower women in India.Let us empower you to look fabulous too by taking 40% off everything! Even our already reduced stock.Your wearing Holi Boli...
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2018 March - Necklaces to Empower Women

Hey there lovely people, We are super excited to be joining up with some friends from Jeypore in South Odisha to present you with the traditional bead necklaces made by local women artisans there. Our friends have been operating an NGO in India for about 13 years and have been very active in promoting micro-enterprises in their region that emphasise sustainability, empowerment, education and...
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2018 January - Newspaper - "A Stitch in Time"

See original at http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2018/jan/06/a-stitch-in-time-1744787.html A Stitch in Time By By Soumika M Das | Published: 06th January 2018 10:00 PM | Ana with her students at Holi BoliOn an ordinary afternoon at Malipali—a village of 250 families in Odisha’s Sambalpur district—men are out in the fields, women are busy peeling garlic cloves or chopping vegetables, with...
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2017 September - Excited about Tonic and Cloth

We are getting very excited about some of the samples we are currently making for Tonic & Cloth! Check out Tonic & Cloth and make sure you bookmark the store. #loveyoursisters The Holi Boli team has been busy making block patterns, checking out the sizing charts and working on samples for our latest venture. It is so awesome to be able to work alongside like-minded businesses to empower women in our...
Read more
2017 July - Something Old, Something New, Something Blue

Holi Boli - BACK TO BUSINESS... (Something old, new & blue)It is good to be back in action after the summer break. It is just to hot to work in the Bhalupali as summer as it reaches 122 degrees F (50 C)! Ana took the time to head to NZ and promote Holi Boli there (as well as renew her visa - kindly given 5 year visa by the Indian High Commission in Wellington - thank you!). The Holi Boli crew took...
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2016 November - The Class of Sewing Geniuses

Just look at what these clever sewing students are up to!  The have been at for 3 months and already the are starting to create amazing designs.  They design, pattern make, cut, and stitch.   "Empowerment is a beautiful kind of Freedom!"
Read more
2018 July - Newsflash

We are super excited to welcome Sanghamitra and Rubina to Holi Boli.  Contracts in hand. Best part of my job! Banita ensures the ladies understand my poor Odia language.  Thanks to u who have supported Holi Boli !  Special thanks Two Lippy Ladies  and Tonic & Cloth 
Read more
2018 March - Necklaces to Empower Women

Hey there lovely people, We are super excited to be joining up with some friends from Jeypore in South Odisha to present you with the traditional bead necklaces made by local women artisans there. Our friends have been operating an NGO in India for about 13 years and have been very active in promoting micro-enterprises in their region that emphasise sustainability, empowerment, education and...
Read more
2018 January - Another Sewing Class Begins! :)

Holi Boli Sewing School has kicked of 2018After taking a 6 month break to head over to "Sarah the Carer's" wedding in Castor, Alberta, Canada we are back into sewing class. We have extended Holi Boli operations so the school has taken over the house at the back of Holi Boli. Awesome! All the machines have been set up, serviced and students are arriving ready to go. At Holi Boli School there is one...
Read more
2018 January - Newspaper - "A Stitch in Time"

See original at http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2018/jan/06/a-stitch-in-time-1744787.html A Stitch in Time By By Soumika M Das | Published: 06th January 2018 10:00 PM | Ana with her students at Holi BoliOn an ordinary afternoon at Malipali—a village of 250 families in Odisha’s Sambalpur district—men are out in the fields, women are busy peeling garlic cloves or chopping vegetables, with...
Read more
2017 November - We are growing! Thank you for buying Holi Boli!

More Sales = More people at Holi Boli! धन्यवाद! Holi Boli Team: Lakshmi, Bhanumati (Back); Pramila, Asmati, Sandhya (Middle); Banita, Janaki, Sasmita (Front) धन्यवाद /dhanyavad/ (Thank You) Thank you, thank you, thank you! More dresses are selling so we have been able to employee more ladies from our village. That is our goal, it is a simple idea, do what I do best, make dresses, and empower women in...
Read more
2017 September - Excited about Tonic and Cloth

We are getting very excited about some of the samples we are currently making for Tonic & Cloth! Check out Tonic & Cloth and make sure you bookmark the store. #loveyoursisters The Holi Boli team has been busy making block patterns, checking out the sizing charts and working on samples for our latest venture. It is so awesome to be able to work alongside like-minded businesses to empower women in our...
Read more
2017 August - Newsflash!

NEWSFLASH!!!! Holi Boli is excited to announce a new member to our team! Asmati comes from a nearby village. She completed the Holi Boli sewing training programme in the last graduation. She is very very hard working and has a natural ability for sewing. She will be learning some new skills over the next few months and then will start stitching Holi Boli dresses. We are so excited! We want to sell...
Read more
2017 July - Something Old, Something New, Something Blue

Holi Boli - BACK TO BUSINESS... (Something old, new & blue)It is good to be back in action after the summer break. It is just to hot to work in the Bhalupali as summer as it reaches 122 degrees F (50 C)! Ana took the time to head to NZ and promote Holi Boli there (as well as renew her visa - kindly given 5 year visa by the Indian High Commission in Wellington - thank you!). The Holi Boli crew took...
Read more
2017 June - Newspaper Article in New Zealand

From sewing in Tamatea, to teaching women in India Newspaper link click here Author: MEGAN HUNTJune 9 2017 Holi Boli founder Ana Wilkinson-Gee with some of her company's designs.In 2010 Ana Wilkinson-Gee and her family moved to India.To reach their home in Bhalupali, a small village in central Odisha on the country's east coast, the family of five fly into Kolkata then take a 12-hour train ride...
Read more
2017 February - Valentine's Sale 40% off

Holi Boli is all about spreading the LOVE! So, Valentine's day seems like the perfect time for a sale.  Money in the bank enables us to empower rural Indian women; dresses in the store room does not!  So, open your heart (and your wallet) and help us to empower women in India.Let us empower you to look fabulous too by taking 40% off everything! Even our already reduced stock.Your wearing Holi Boli...
Read more
2016 November - The Class of Sewing Geniuses

Just look at what these clever sewing students are up to!  The have been at for 3 months and already the are starting to create amazing designs.  They design, pattern make, cut, and stitch.   "Empowerment is a beautiful kind of Freedom!"
Read more