LOCAL HANDICRAFTS FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

by Homeland Development Initiative Foundation
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Project Report | Oct 25, 2024
Women Bringing Jobs to Women in Rural Armenia

By Timothy Straight | Founder and Executive Director

The HDIF staff leading the way in Amasia
The HDIF staff leading the way in Amasia

HDIF is proud of the fact that for over 10 years we have been creating jobs for women in Armenia - mostly in the regions. We target those that in some way are considered vulnerable, through proximity to the conflict border, surviving domestic violence, in places where jobs are hard to find, etc. We introduce business skills to them and market their products to the world. 145 women are dependent on our work to reach the markets to provide their income.

But none of this would have been possible without the fantastic HDIF staff. Meri, office manager and Ani, project manager are always leading the way, driving HDIF to bigger and better things. Recently Meri and Ani made a trip to Amasia in upper Shirak province to push forward our plans to open a spinning center there under our Armenian Wool Value Chain Enhancement project. They were in Amasia to there to check out the space offered by the Shirak province governemnt to work out of. A meeting was held with the Amasia mayor's office who fully supportes the project. And they visited the Amasia Wool Factory, where the washing and carding of the wool is done. The spinning center will train and employ women from the Amasia community and from Artsakh who live in Amasia. Two carpet making companies have already committed to buying wool from the project, actually more than we can produce this season!

In the picture, Ani is on the left and Meri is on the right. And in the middle is Jessica, who was shopping in our Impact Shop at the Impact Hub in Yerevan, and overheard that a trip to the regions was going to happen and asked to join! So she did!

This is what HDIF does. Innovation and new technologies are used to create the sustainable jobs in small places in Armenia. 

Please do continue to support us as we fight every day to bring a little bit of prosperity to Armenia!

Thank you!

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Jul 9, 2024
Families Supported By Every Product We Buy

By Timothy Straight | Founder and Executive Director

Nov 27, 2023
Winterization campaign

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Homeland Development Initiative Foundation

Location: Yerevan - Armenia
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Twitter: @HDIFarmenia
Project Leader:
Timothy D. Straight
Mr.
Kentron , YEREVAN Armenia
$49,816 raised of $59,000 goal
 
789 donations
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$10
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will provide a warm beanie and a jar of superfood blueberry jam to a person at risk at the border. The beanie will provide work to an artisan in the village of Goghovit, the jam will be made in Berd
$20
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will provide will provide a warm sweater to a person at risk at the border. The sweater will be made by former refugees from Syria in Yerevan.
$30
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will provide a warm beanie and a sweater to a person at risk at the border. The sweater will be produced by a Syrian Armenian in Yerevan, and the beanie will be hand knit in Goghovit village.
$50
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will provide a sweater, a beanie and six jars of superfood blueberry jam to a person at risk at the border. The products come from Goghovit, Berd and Syrian Armenians
$100
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will provide five jars of superfood blueberry jam, three sweaters and three beanies to a family at risk by the border. The products come from Goghovit, Berd and Syrian Armenians.
$200
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will provide six sweaters, six beanies, and eight jars of superfood blueberry jam to families at risk by the border. The products come from Goghovit, Berd and Syrian Armenians.
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will provide 17 beanies and 17 sweaters to persons at risk in villages up at the border. The beanies are produced in Goghovit and the sweaters by Syrian Armenians. We will thrown in some jam from Berd
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will provide 35 beanies and 35 sweaters to persons at risk in villages up at the border. The beanies are produced in Goghovit and the sweaters by Syrian Armenians. We will throw in some jam from Berd
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