Meet one of our oldest members, Mrs. Ismail! Mrs Ismail is also our resident zero-waste master, and is extremely resourceful! […]

Meet Neela! She is 60 years old and has 2 sons. Her elder son Duminda, has special needs and requires […]

Meet our delightful Irene. She has been with Booteek from the very beginning and is our quilting wallflower. Irene is […]

You’ve just got to meet our Wonder Woman, Upaseeli: Upaseeli is 69 and has been with Booteek from the time […]

Ruzna joined Booteek in 2012 and is now both a needlework expert and our admin specialist! Over the years she’s […]

You just got to meet our needlework Guru, Sriyani!! Her skill, commitment, and enthusiasm are unparalleled. She continues to become […]

Nusrath is a mother of two children and joined Booteek a little after her sister, Sameena, did. She loves to […]

Sameena has two teenage daughters and works at Booteek to help support them. Sameena can usually be found tucked away […]

Meet Duminda the 2nd! He too is a part of our packaging team and is one of our neatest painters. […]

Asiya is a mother of two and does both needlework and crochet at Booteek. She hates being idle and is […]

She originally joined Booteek as a part of our crochet circle and is now a part of our packaging team […]

She heard about Booteek in 2015 through the Chitra Lane School and is a part of the Booteek crochet circle. […]

Amuda is a young mother of three. She is from Hatton, and moved to Colombo after her marriage. She initially […]

Kanthi heard about Booteek at the Chitra Lane School for the special child, while waiting to pick her daughter up. […]

Anjala is a mother of two and comes to Booteek with her daughter Indusha. Anjala Devi came into Booteek to […]

Indusha is one of our newest members – She is 22 and graduated from the Chitra Lane School for the […]

Kema’s story is a little different to most of our other members. In 2014, Kema joined Booteek despite the fact […]

He is 41 years old and joined Booteek after graduating from the Chitra Lane School for the Special Child. Duminda […]

Meet our lovely, lovely, Aunty Daisy! She is a wealth of new ideas, and we’re learning from her every day. She […]

She is a mother of two girls aged 17 and 9 years. She joined Booteek in 2015 and did not […]

He is Upaseeli’s 35 year old son. Nalaka has learned to do beautiful cross stitch over the years with Booteek […]

We’ve known her from the time she was at the Chitra Lane School for the Special Child. Today, she is […]