Ock Pop Tok Village Weavers
This former TreadRight partnership, the Village Weaver Projects, creates economic opportunities for artisans in rural locations.
Objective
The projects help develop ranges of handicrafts that combine craftmanship and tradition with artistic creativity and market knowledge. Their team of weavers, dyers, designers and tailors transfer their skills to aid artisans make a better living from handicrafts.
In order to be sustainable as they continue to grow, Ock Pop Tok’s Village Weavers Project needs to be able to make informed strategic decisions that ensure the artisans are producing the right products for the market. Up to now, the organization has only been able to produce handicrafts based purely on intuition, which leads to overstock on some items, and a lack of some other in-demand products, affecting the organization’s ability to maximize the economic benefits for their artisans.
Impact
TreadRight is helped Ock Pop Tok with its educational element and its production strategy through the implementation of a reporting system that enables the back office team to analyze sales of products to streamline production of handicrafts based on data, leading to better sales at shops and reducing large quantities of stock that do not sell.
The TreadRight grant was also used to create a multilingual educational app or audio tour for visitors. A multilingual tour ensures more visitors to the centre, and leads to increased sales for the artisans.
UN GLOBAL GOALS
This project promotes decent job creation, entrepreneurship and creativity, and encourages the growth of micro- and small enterprises in Laos so that the artisans can have a sustainable income. It also contributes to a quality education for the artisans to learn critical business skills.
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