PROJECT LOCATION
Village Gallery Kololi, The Gambia
PROJECT GOALS
To help an existing fair-trade, textile centre increase the awareness and use of natural dyes through promotion, research and training.
PROJECT TARGET – £2,700
£2,700 will fund:
1. Training of 2 existing dyers at the Maam Samba Centre in Senegal, travel expenses, per diem, course costs and materials.
2. Research trips in rural Gambia to learn from traditional dyers, collecting of seedlings and plants, growing of the plants.
3. Set up of the natural dye workshop; within the existing project location.
4. Seven courses for five students each, demonstrating uses of natural dyes and teaching awareness of the negative impacts of chemical dyes. Costs include instructor and materials.
5. All running costs will be paid by Equigambia Association with money made from the sales of the produced materials. Additional courses for the local dyers will be paid for with the profit made from the workshops organized for the tourists.
DETAILS
Via an established fair trade tailoring association the goal is to develop an ecological textile centre providing information, training and resources to promote the use of non-chemical dyeing and natural traditional dyeing practices to fabric dyers throughout the Gambia.
This project will reduce the reliance on dangerous and damaging chemical dye which are commonly and widely used throughout the Gambia in tye-dyeing and batik work. Toxic chemicals used in dyeing pose a direct threat to the environmental health of entire communities.
The centre will allow dyers to promote traditional cultural practices as a better, safer and cleaner alternative to chemical dyeing practices inline with a world-wide movement toward responsible environmental practices.
DELIVERY
The project is delivered by the Equigambia Project, a registered charity organization with a board and a general assembly and is based on the international recognized principle of Fair Trade.
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