Helping Artisans in Tsunami-stricken Aceh

Summary

This project is helping poor artisans in Indonesia earn much-needed income and restore their livelihoods by providing equipment and supplies, small grants and loans, and business development training.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $175 was raised for this project.

Received $175 from 3 donations from people like:

Jim
(Anon.)

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

CHF’s High Impact Revitalization of the Economy of Aceh (HIRE-Aceh) program was designed to rapidly resettle survivors and re-engage them in gainful economic activity. One component is focusing on thousands of low-income artisans who lost their only source of income when the earthquake-tsunami struck to help them revitalize their economies and reestablish a sense of normalcy into their lives.

Activities

CHF is working with a national crafts association of local partners to: provide equipment and supplies to artisans, train displaced women to make handicrafts for the local market, and build a regional handicraft training facility.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $175

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $175.  The original project funding goal was $10,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

By focusing on the crafts sector, CHF is not only helping economic revitalization but is also preserving Aceh’s very unique cultural heritage which is providing long-term and sustainable sources of income for thousands of low-income artisans.

Project Message

"There is little or no work for people living in displacement camps...but the survivors have a strong will to carry on. They are eager to work and restore their livelihoods."
- Lyn Nelson, Crafts Center Consultant

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jennifer Marcy,
Program Officer, Crafts Center
The Crafts Center and CHF International
8601 Georgia Ave, Suite 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
301-587-4700
Email:

Project Sponsor

CHF International

Organization

CHF International
8601 Georgia Ave, Suite 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
301-587-4700
http://www.chfinternational.org

Learn more about CHF International and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Indonesia and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Indonesia, read the Human Development Report on Indonesia or the Wikipedia entry for Indonesia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 17, 2006.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 17, 2006.