Sustainable use of non timber forest products
The women from the village of Pikien Santie have been supported by a peace corps volunteer to generate their own income, through making handmade cotton bags. The idea of this SGP project is to further develop the skills of the women, and mainly focus on using non timber forest products to enhance their hand made bags.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Stichting Wi E Meki Moiti
Country:
Suriname
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Grant Amount:
US$ 13,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 9,000.00
Project Number:
SUR/SGP/OP5/CORE/BD/12/12
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Notable Community Participation
All the training sessions will be held in the community itself, and the community will provide lodging for the trainers. Also, the community members will all participate in the biodiversity awareness sessions.
Gender Focus
The group making the handbags includes only women. The men are not really involved, but they will be able to participate in the different capacity building projects, as well as the biodiversity awareness sessions.
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Indicators
Empowerment
Number of CBOs / NGOs participated / involved in SGP project
2
Empowerment
Number of women participated / involved in SGP project
10
SGP Country office contact
Mr. Eric Wijngaarde
Phone:
597-420030 ext. 238
Email:
Bharti Manurat
Email:
Address
UNDP Country - Office Paramaribo, Gonggrijpstraat 25
Paramaribo, Latin America
Paramaribo, Latin America
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