Strawberry preserve

The Strawberry preserve making unit of DARE offers vocational rehabilitation to the elder children of the project.As part of the rehabilitation programme, a strawberry preserve-making unit is maintained by the centre where the children are not only involved in the collection, cleaning and making of strawberry preserve but are also encouraged to grow strawberries, which are then bought by the centre.This becomes an additional source of income for the children. The preserve consists of farm fresh strawberries preserved in sugar and lime juice; no artificial preservatives or colouring agents are used. During the first year, the centre made 900 bottles of preserve; this year, the number has increased to 1.35 lakh bottles.The preserve, priced at Rs 67 per bottle, is available at all Taj and Patisserie shops and Westside department stores. In Bangalore, the preserve can also be bought from Nilgiris and Foodworld outlets. It is also locally available in Munnar. All proceeds from the sale of the preserve go towards the rehabilitation of project DARE's industrious children.

The Strawberry preserve making unit of DARE offers vocational rehabilitation to the elder children of the project.