Kantara Crafts Education Fund
Kantara Crafts is committed to supporting education both in Morocco as well as in the United States.
As a result, Kantara Crafts is committed to reinvesting a portion of its proceeds into local education and literacy initiatives and capacity building efforts among weaving cooperatives. Kantara currently makes small grants on a rolling basis to organizations (cooperatives, association, clubs) in Morocco. For more information about how to apply for the grant, please contact info@kantaracrafts.com.
Education vocational development projects that have been funded to date include the following:
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•Outfitting public schools in Taznakht with tables, chairs, and more. Read more...
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•Providing silk-screen kits to women’s vocational organization in Boujaad. Read more...
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•Buying digital cameras for cooperatives to record their finished products.
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•Subsidizing the salary for teachers of adult computer literacy classes. Read more...
Donations are accepted by making a PayPal payment to akate@kantaracrafts.com
Furthermore, it is Kantara’s intent to clarify, report, and elucidate issues related to Morocco’s social, cultural, and political background through its blog, {from} Warp {to} Weft.
Some popular entries include the following:
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•Linguistic complexity in Morocco-- between Arabic, Darija, and the Amazigh dialects.
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•The beginning of my weaving fixation started in a kitchen in Boujaad.
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•The Friday couscous ritual; a glance into Morocco’s national dish.
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•Darija word of the day: Ma’kayn’sh and John McCain
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•Pre-election assessment of US presidential candidates from Moroccan point-of-view
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•On being a woman performing a typically male job-- being a rug sales(wo)man.
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•Explaining the madness of Morocco’s unspoken rules of the road.
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•Obama Moubarek! Perceptions of Obama’s election from the Arab world.
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•On maintaining accountability while working in communities in the developing world.
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•An homage to Peace Corps volunteers, especially the ones working in Morocco.
