পুরুলিয়ার মালডি গ্রাম ও আশেপাশের গ্রামের ছোট ছেলেমেয়েরা এই রিসোর্স সেন্টারে নিয়মিত ছৌ নাচের প্রশিক্ষণ নেয়। অনিল মাহাতো, জগন্নাথ চৌধুরী, বীরেন কালিন্দীর মতো গুরুরা ছোটদের ছৌ নাচের তালিম দেন। ঢোল, ধামসার তালে তালে ছৌ নাচ শেখার ফলে শিক্ষার্থীদের নাচের তাল সম্পর্কে পরিষ্কার ধারণা তৈরি হয়। এটি স্থানীয় মানুষের কাছে মালডি ছৌ শিবির নামে পরিচিত।

41 Chau maskmakers including 3 women participated in a workshop at Charida on 5 Feb, 2021. The objective of this workshop was to share the outcomes of the HIPAMS project with the larger community, to listen the experience of the artists and to identify the future course of action for the community. The artists discussed how the social media training has helped them cope with the pandemic by sharing products on social media platforms opening up new income avenues. The new innovative packaging was appreciated by the community and they shared instances of customer appreciation of packaging. They also decided to order packaging for larger products after a detailed discussion with the community. The Chau maskmakers shared about their new innovative products like masks on COVID, new characters like Mahishi (sister of demon Mahisasura), mask decoration made using natural ingredients like jute, leaves, pulses and seeds. The artists came up with the way forward like creating WhatsApp group to disseminate information among the community and Facebook page for collective promotion.

A workshop was organized with the Chau dancers on 5 Feb, 2021 at Maldih, Balarampur to share the outcomes of the HIPAMS project with the larger community, to listen the experience of the artists and to identify the future course of action. Around 37 artists including 5 women warmly participated in the workshop. The Chau Dancers presented their new production - "Mukosh Khola Mukh" (Seeing the mask less faces) on the struggle of women Chau dancers and attribution issues of Chau dancers. The Chau dancers shared how the social media trainings have helped them to take better photos and videos of their practices, performances and other events. Biren Kalindi shared that his group has received a performance opportunity by posting videos on Youtube. They discussed the present eco-system for skill transmission and commented that the resource centre at Maldih has been conducting classes everyday with senior gurus coming in every week to take classes. The Chau dancers also shared about their new Palas (productions) like COVID. There was a discussion on traditional themes and role of QR Code. The artists came up with the way forward like creating WhatsApp group to support promotion of their art.