Our mission is to give young people the skills to earn their living as artisans, to increase the incomes of practicing artisans, and to preserve traditional arts in Niger. We do this by providing training, equipment, and access to markets.
Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:
By Soumana Saley | President
Three days after DIMA published its last quarterly report, there was a coup in Niger. DIMA was very fortunate that it was still able to carry out the projects it had planned for the... Read the full report ›By Soumana Saley | President
DIMA finished the academic year at its main training center in June. The students are taking their summer break and the three master weavers who had been working at the school have returned to their... Read the full report ›By Soumana Saley | President
At the time we wrote our last quarterly report, DIMA was in the middle of a two-week workshop being held for 6 weavers by Genevieve Hill-Thomas. Three of the weavers were from the village of Kirubbe... Read the full report ›