With a background in community development and income-generating projects, Nureen Das began her career in India working with numerous grassroots organizations on microfinance. It was through this work that Nureen became familiar with
Based in Lesotho, Mantai Mpesi gained experience working for two years as the Craft Sector Development Officer for Action Lesotho, an Irish non-profit aiming to bring humanitarian and developmental aid to Lesotho. After
How a former Computer Engineer went back to her families artisanal roots and began empowering artisans of Peru to sell directly to the market. For the seven years that she worked as
How a former Business Attorney became the only business owner to build a market between artisans in Tajikistan and the U.S. Rikki with Zhanyl Sharshembieva of Seven Sisters at the Sante
With a growing demand for handmade products, 2017 Market Readiness Program™ alumni Dana Baugh, of BAUGHaus Design Studio, reflects on her company’s growth over the past two years, and the importance of authenticity.
We interviewed inspirational MRP alumni and Creative Director of 12 Small Things, Laurie Kanes, to find out a little bit about her business and how the Aid to Artisans Market Readiness Program helped her get
September 2018-2021 Summary Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), Aid to Artisans is implementing the Manos Vivas project to improve income generation of artisan women in the Highlands of Chiapas and the Yucatan
Aid to Artisans was front and center as the Kingdom of Lesotho launched Fashion Week in November. An independent mountain kingdom in Southern Africa, Lesotho Fashion Week (LSFW) founder, Mahali Granier, calls LSFW “[an]
Coaching and Assistance for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (CASE), an artisan development project in Chiapas, Mexico (2016-18) led by CL-ATA and funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, was completed on April 30, 2018. It assisted 350
