Around the world, crafting is being used as a tool to help refugees—and especially women—get acclimated to a host country, learn skills and, sometimes, earn a living.
This May 15, 2019 photo shows A Little Something participants Khei Hung from Burma, left, Sabah Almobarak from Syria, Eh Gay Ju from Burma, and Mounira Kuru from Syria, as they work through frustration and creative challenges in their first lesson making wire-wrapped necklace pendants in Aurora, Colo. A Little Something helps women refugees turn their crafts into dollars.
“We provide a venue for refugee women to craft together, build a community, make some friends, and have a safe way to interact with each other and talk about what they’ve been through,” says Sharon McCreary, who in 2007 helped found A Little Something, a women’s refugee crafts organization in Denver.In Paris, the Agency of Artists in Exile supports professional artists — from painters to photographers to dancers to musicians — who come to France as refugees.
Made51’s Global Manager Heidi Christ says that after forming a successful partnership with Virgin Megastores in the United Arab Emirates, the Made51 team is now working to expand and grow its direct-to-consumer market.
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