The population saw an improvement in their access to health and education, along with increased employment opportunities through agriculture, handicrafts and selling smoked fish.
The Turquoise Mountain Foundation is also promoting Afghan handicrafts through international exhibitions and media campaigns.
She'll have training courses available to her, in potentially self-sustaining pursuits like embroidery or handicrafts, through the shelter.
At one point he was given a carving, and, when he returned south he arranged funding through the Canadian Handicrafts Guild to go back to the Eskimos and buy more of their work.
Some Kashmiris made their money the old-fashioned way -- through horticulture or handicrafts -- while others took over the jobs or businesses that the valley's Pandits, or Hindus, driven out by Muslim militants left behind.
The Maker movement - which encompasses traditional handicrafts through to cutting-edge robotics, is growing exponentially around the world with spin-off Maker Faires popping up all over the globe.
Visitors can browse through zines and handicrafts made by local artists, nosh on the mountains of cupcakes on sale, listen to music and, if the last one was anything to go by, get very merry.
Handicrafts produced through the workshops are sold though an online store that brings fair trade goods to a global market.
In Mongolia, Snow Leopard Enterprises has had a similar impact by adding value to raw livestock products through the sale of handicrafts in return for a conservation commitment.
The youths, aged 6 to 10, are encouraged to express themselves through art, games and handicrafts – activities that are critical to helping youths recover from distress after emergencies.
