Utilization of cheep wool wastes to produce art pieces.
Utilization of cheep wool wastes to produce art pieces.
Demonstration and capacity building project for 80 women in interlacing and weaving of the cheep wool, which is seasonally collected from the households of Bani Suhilah. The project will also put the base for sustainable income generating activities of the women beneficiaries to produce art pieces of wool.
The project will contribute to the prevention of the wool burning and alternatively reusing the wool in such a creative hand skills. This will eventually reducing the GHG emissions resultant from the burning and the wool as well as reducing the threats on the plant biodiversity in Bani Suhilah.
 
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Project Snapshot

Grantee:
Bait Al Mostaqbal Association/Khan Younis-Gaza
Country:
Palestine, State of
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 19,803.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 3,780.00
Project Number:
PAL/03/39
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Capacity - Building Component
Capacity building through providing two ? month training programme for 80 women in Bani Suhailah village on interlacing and weaving the wool using the looms.
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
Distributing 80 looms for the trained women to generate income and sustain the production of the wool species after the project termination and producing 240 art pieces of weaved wool to be marketed in the local and regional exhibitions.
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