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13 Villages Project - 'Giving
Back'
We
are proud to be part of a project contributing to the development of independent
and self sustained communities.
The '13 Villages Project' is a campaign co-conducted by Under
the Nile and its Farm in Egypt (Sekem). It takes place in
13 rural villages in Sharkeya, Egypt. Through vocational training
and infrastructural development, the project is improving the health, skills and
overall well being of the village inhabitants. We provide excellent health care
as well as education on dental and over all physical health. We begin by
educating the villagers on how to make our fruit and vegetable toys. Each
village receives an advance for their work and the materials needed to produce
that toy. Upon completion, we pick up the finished goods and pay them fair wages
for their work.
We are very excited to see the end result. Happy,
educated, and healthy human beings.
The Papoose Story
Less than ten years ago, there was no felt industry in Nepal, now there
are many manufacturers
making a living out of this craft work.
My
own preference for hand crafted products keeps leading me back
to professional craft
producers.
Understanding the processes involved helps to be creative in product
development.
As
with all our products, colour is of the utmost importance.
Launched in September 2007, KNIT FOR LIFE is a community
based, not-for-profit organisation which provides income generation and poverty
relief to a community of over 200 rural women in the South-East of Zimbabwe,
skilled in hand knitting of baby and children’s knitwear and knitted toys all in
100% local cotton for export to Australia and globally.
An Australian initiative to provide income to the Jesa co-operative of women
and provide training in hand knitting, quality assurance and exporting to the
Australian and New Zealand markets, and then globally.
 KNIT FOR
LIFE allows rural Zimbabwe women to earn an income whilst caring for
their children and is actively seeking interested donors, partners, investors or
sponsors to support the initiative and provide a greater development impact for
this community!
About Ayla's Rainbow Foundation
Ayla's Rainbow Foundation has been created to raise much
needed funds to assist, Ayla, and other families with children who have a Neuro
Migrational disorder, such as Polymicrogyria.
As all families who have a child with a disability know, giving their child a
life as close to ordinary as possible is a time consuming, labour intensive and
financial activity. The extent of government assistance for children with
disabilities is limited and primarily focussed towards the moderate to extreme
cases, with funding often being limited, non-recurrent and very time consuming
to apply for.
Many of the choices parents would like to make for their children's future
are based on whether they can afford the best choices or whether the government
funding will be forthcoming or supportive of their choices. By creating
Ayla's Rainbow Foundation, we have chosen to move away from reliance on
government funding and toward a self-funded future. One of the aims of
Ayla's Rainbow Foundation is to provide support and services to families who
have a child with a disability, in the way of encouragement and empowerment to
self-fund their child’s future, rather than relying solely on government
assistance.
If you would like to make a donation to the foundation, you
can do so here.
If you would like to help the foundation in other ways please Contact
Us or join us for Craft 4 a
Cause.
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