Summary
Women learn to weave beautiful carpets, preserving their ancient Persian traditions. Carpet sales earn women income to support themselves and their families.
|
Printer Friendly
Add to Favorite Projects
Add to Registry
Add to Fundraiser
Subscribe to Email Updates
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Spread the Word
Tell a Friend
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Tag on del.icio.us
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.
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.
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,555
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $6,812
Total Funding Goal: $11,367
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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.
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
Toc Dunlap
Executive Director
Creating Hope International
PO Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
Email:
Afghan Institute of Learning
Afghan Institute of Learning c/o Creating Hope International, PO Box 1058
Dearborn,
Michigan
48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
http://www.creatinghope.org/ail
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.
This project was last updated on March 12, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 26, 2004
By Sondra Johnson - Project Administrator, March 12, 2010 10:35 AM

Read 11 more "Updates from the Field"
Subscribe to "Updates from the Field" by E-Mail
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Tell a Friend
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Tag on del.icio.us
Digg It!
Add to Google Bookmarks
Add to Yahoo! Bookmarks
Reddit
Put 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!