Uravu is a charitable trust that works in the area of indigenous sciences and technology. They run a successful bamboo crafts design and production centre along with a bamboo nursery. Uravu has a whole range of functional and decorative products created out of this wonderful material found so abundantly in Wayanad.
Uravu is a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Kalpetta of Wayanad district in Kerala. Uravu is a non-profit organization that works with underprivileged and marginalized local people, and trains them in the skill of bamboo processing and handicraft making. The center has a small shop that sells a range of handicraft items.
It was set up in 1996 to promote bamboo processing and to impart training in it. The inhabitants of Thrikkaipetta village, mostly tribals, find a livelihood in the bamboo processing unit founded by Uravu.
Address
Indigenous Science & Technology Study Centre
Thrikkaipetta P.O.
Wayanad district.
Kerala State
South India PIN: 673577