Afghan Women Learn Traditional Carpet Weaving
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Share & SaveMore Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesHerat, Afghanistan, has been a center of fine carpet weaving for thousands of years. However, this ancient art is in danger of extinction because of the last quarter-century of civil strife in Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of thousands of skilled people and destroyed infrastructure, homes, and necessary resources. This project seeks to revitalize this ancient art by supporting women to be carpet weavers with training, supervision, equipment, and supplies. ActivitiesA dozen women will learn a skill and earn a living wage. Carpet sale income provides funding for health care and education, literacy, computer classes, and teacher training for about 350 people in Herat per month through project partner, AIL. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $2,950 Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactMany Afghan women today experience cultural barriers to employment. But carpet weaving is a traditional income-earning occupation for women in Afghanistan. Therefore, women can easily use this skill to support themselves and their families. Project Message
With AIL’s help, I learned carpet weaving and now have a frame in my home. I weave and sell carpets. My wage improves my children’s lives. I pray for AIL’s success in helping our poor homeland people. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Toc Dunlap, Project SponsorOrganization
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For more information about Afghanistan, read the Human Development Report on Afghanistan or the Wikipedia entry for Afghanistan. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on August 07, 2008. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 26, 2004. Latest Update from the FieldSnapshot (2008) of the Carpet Weaving ProjectBy Alison Hendry - Administrative Assistant, August 07, 2008 04:42 PM Creating Hope International’s project partner, the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), trains widows and poor women to weave quality carpets at two centers in Herat, Afghanistan. While they are weaving carpets in the center, they are paid a salary (actually more than the salary of a teacher) and the finished carpets are then sold by AIL to help defray the costs of the program. Although some of the women are competent enough to weave carpets on their own, many do not have space where they live to put up the large loom that the carpets are woven on. There are currently 10 women working on three carpets at the centers. So far in 2008, the women have produced one very large carpet and seven smaller carpets. Read 4 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can HelpSpread the Word on your Profile, Blog, or WebsitePut a widget for this project on your profile, blog or website to turn your friends into givers. Using our widget, it's quick and easy to add this widget to your profile or blog! Get this widget on: |
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