Introduction
A percentage of Nayana’s sale proceeds are always donated to organizations that are close to Nayana's heart
- Many shows in the past couple of years have helped provide materials and resources for DEV SHISHU, a school for underpriviledged, special needs children based in Burdhaman, West Bengal
- THREADS, a craft preservation and income generation project known as "Threads," organised by Moumita Dey, also in Burdhman.
- Through purchases and design inputs, Nayana supports various weaver groups in Varanasi
- KUTCH MAHILA VIKAS, a Srujan embroidery training project at St. Mary's Convent in Gujarat.
- Sewing machines were purchased for JEEVIKA DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY, a women's development cooperative, enabling them to produce beautiful crafts and earn fair wages.
- SEWA, working on earthquake and drought relief
- The Prime Ministers Relief Fund for flood relief in Orissa and the Asian tsunami disaster
- SNEHA, a destitute women and children's literacy programme based in Uttaranchal; - Small loans have also been given to young crafts persons to practice their crafts and set up projects of their own.
- Exhibitions have also raised money for various development and rehabilitation projects in the US, Morocco, Japan the UK and other European countries.
