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Afghan Women Learn Traditional Carpet Weaving

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Afghan Women Learn Traditional Carpet Weaving

Summary

Women learn to weave beautiful carpets, preserving their ancient Persian traditions. Carpet sales earn women income to support themselves and their families. read updates from the field

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$33 - 10 family members have food for 2 weeks because of a weaver’s income.
$58 - One carpet weaver’s child can go to school for a year because of a weaver’s income.
$66 - 20 people have a place to live for one month because of a weaver’s income.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Herat, 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.

Activities

A 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 Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $3,125
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $8,242
Total Funding Goal: $11,367

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.creatinghope.org)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Many 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.
- Fawzia, former carpet-weaving student

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Toc Dunlap
President
Creating Hope International
PO Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
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Project Sponsor

Creating Hope International

Organization

Creating Hope International (CHI)
Creating Hope International
PO Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
http://www.creatinghope.org

Learn more about Creating Hope International (CHI) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

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

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on June 15, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 26, 2004

Latest Update from the Field

May 2009 Update

By Alison Hendry - Administrative Assistant, May 15, 2009 02:07 PM

During March, two pieces of carpet were completed and two others are 97% completed. Work began on these four pieces of carpet in December. Currently six poor Afghan women are beneficiaries of this program.

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