Nine more ladies graduated from their three month sewing course and received their well deserved certificates. Stories, tears and laughter were shared while each lady had her turn to be heard. During these three months new friendships develop and self confidence grows. The Holi Boli house is a safe place for ladies to come together and be empowered. A new marketable skill can set them and their...
2015 August - NEW machines sponsored by C3 Taupo, NZ!
Thanks to C3 Taupo, New Zealand, we have been able to purchase six more treadle machines for the sewing school. This enables us to take in more ladies for the three month sewing course. We can now train fifteen ladies per class. Thank you C3 Taupo!
It is quite a rare thing around these parts to have a class where every student has a machine to learn on. We think it is important that each student...
2015 March - Nelson NZ fundraiser by Greta Greenwood and team
A huge 'thanks' to Greta and team in Nelson for their amazing Vineyard Banquet to promote awareness and raise sales for Holi Boli in India. They sold many Holi Boli dresses on the night and also had donations for a ladies sewing class tuition fees and sponsorship for a new sewing machine! Thank you so much Nelson peps for your generosity!
Our last news was about Nini being empowered by the skills she gained at HB Sewing School. Now we are very excited to say that due to increasing demand we were able to employ Nini. So Awesome! Thanks to you guys for buying HB a wonderful lady is able to be a support for her whole family!
2014 May - Hawkes' Bay Today - Couple Create Jobs in Rural India
By Tania McCauley HAWKES BAY TODAY, NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND4:00 PM Thursday May 29, 2014 Ana Wilkinson has been running sewing courses for women in India.Former Hawke's Bay couple Ana and Daniel Wilkinson have spent the past few years creating job opportunities for rural Indian villagers. It includes the Holi Boli clothing line, several examples of which are on show at the Photographers...
2015 August - No More Power Cuts Thanks to the Multicultural Council!
Here in rural India we endure random daily power cuts and the lights and fans go off during sewing classes. It gets so dark that it is difficult to continue sewing and so so hot (especially in April/May when the temperature gets up over 40 degrees C)! Thanks to a generous donation from a kind-hearted Multicultural Council in NZ, we have been be able to purchase a back-up electricity system! This...
2015 July - Nini and the bright yellow 'Suzie machine' at the Holi Boli sewing house in rural India
A huge 'thanks' to Suzie at Oosh New Zealand, who kindly donated funds for a new treadle sewing machine for our sewing classes. That means we can empower another lady per intake! Thanks Suzie, for helping our business expand. We know you love women looking after women.
It is great news to introduce another new staff member at Holi Boli Fashionz! Thanks to growing support we have been able to invite Sasmita to join our team. She graduated top of her class at CIC Sewing School. A very gentle and industrious women from Bhalupali. We are so happy to have her on board.
Miss Victory Violet
The Holi Boli India Dress
Posted on November 7, 2014 by missvictoryvioletI love supporting small local businesses so when Natalie of Two Lippy Ladies in Napier contacted me about some new dresses they were making, I was thrilled to get to be one of the first to receive one!The India dress is a collaboration between Two Lippy Ladiesand Holi Boli. Holi Boli is a New Zealand company...
Sewing graduate Nini turned up to our home wearing a new salwar she had made all by herself, at home during the weekend and she looked so stoked. She used the pattern we made together in sewing class. She knows how to lay the cloth, cut it and constructed it. Clever lady! She is a great seamstress
2014 May - Napier Courier - Sewing the Fabric of a Good Life
From: Napier Courier; Wednesday 28 May 2014. John IrelandAs a student at Tamatea High School, Ana Wilkinson-Gee had two passions - India and sewing.Now 39, and a mother of three, Ana has been indulging her twin interests for more than four years as she and her husband, Daniel, operate CIC (Continuous Improvement Communities) out of the village of Bhalupali in the Indian state of Orissa.A...
Nine more ladies graduated from their three month sewing course and received their well deserved certificates. Stories, tears and laughter were shared while each lady had her turn to be heard. During these three months new friendships develop and self confidence grows. The Holi Boli house is a safe place for ladies to come together and be empowered. A new marketable skill can set them and their...
2015 August - No More Power Cuts Thanks to the Multicultural Council!
Here in rural India we endure random daily power cuts and the lights and fans go off during sewing classes. It gets so dark that it is difficult to continue sewing and so so hot (especially in April/May when the temperature gets up over 40 degrees C)! Thanks to a generous donation from a kind-hearted Multicultural Council in NZ, we have been be able to purchase a back-up electricity system! This...
2015 August - NEW machines sponsored by C3 Taupo, NZ!
Thanks to C3 Taupo, New Zealand, we have been able to purchase six more treadle machines for the sewing school. This enables us to take in more ladies for the three month sewing course. We can now train fifteen ladies per class. Thank you C3 Taupo!
It is quite a rare thing around these parts to have a class where every student has a machine to learn on. We think it is important that each student...
2015 July - Nini and the bright yellow 'Suzie machine' at the Holi Boli sewing house in rural India
A huge 'thanks' to Suzie at Oosh New Zealand, who kindly donated funds for a new treadle sewing machine for our sewing classes. That means we can empower another lady per intake! Thanks Suzie, for helping our business expand. We know you love women looking after women.
It is great news to introduce another new staff member at Holi Boli Fashionz! Thanks to growing support we have been able to invite Sasmita to join our team. She graduated top of her class at CIC Sewing School. A very gentle and industrious women from Bhalupali. We are so happy to have her on board.
2015 March - Nelson NZ fundraiser by Greta Greenwood and team
A huge 'thanks' to Greta and team in Nelson for their amazing Vineyard Banquet to promote awareness and raise sales for Holi Boli in India. They sold many Holi Boli dresses on the night and also had donations for a ladies sewing class tuition fees and sponsorship for a new sewing machine! Thank you so much Nelson peps for your generosity!
Miss Victory Violet
The Holi Boli India Dress
Posted on November 7, 2014 by missvictoryvioletI love supporting small local businesses so when Natalie of Two Lippy Ladies in Napier contacted me about some new dresses they were making, I was thrilled to get to be one of the first to receive one!The India dress is a collaboration between Two Lippy Ladiesand Holi Boli. Holi Boli is a New Zealand company...
Our last news was about Nini being empowered by the skills she gained at HB Sewing School. Now we are very excited to say that due to increasing demand we were able to employ Nini. So Awesome! Thanks to you guys for buying HB a wonderful lady is able to be a support for her whole family!
Sewing graduate Nini turned up to our home wearing a new salwar she had made all by herself, at home during the weekend and she looked so stoked. She used the pattern we made together in sewing class. She knows how to lay the cloth, cut it and constructed it. Clever lady! She is a great seamstress
2014 May - Hawkes' Bay Today - Couple Create Jobs in Rural India
By Tania McCauley HAWKES BAY TODAY, NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND4:00 PM Thursday May 29, 2014 Ana Wilkinson has been running sewing courses for women in India.Former Hawke's Bay couple Ana and Daniel Wilkinson have spent the past few years creating job opportunities for rural Indian villagers. It includes the Holi Boli clothing line, several examples of which are on show at the Photographers...
2014 May - Napier Courier - Sewing the Fabric of a Good Life
From: Napier Courier; Wednesday 28 May 2014. John IrelandAs a student at Tamatea High School, Ana Wilkinson-Gee had two passions - India and sewing.Now 39, and a mother of three, Ana has been indulging her twin interests for more than four years as she and her husband, Daniel, operate CIC (Continuous Improvement Communities) out of the village of Bhalupali in the Indian state of Orissa.A...
