Thank you, and sulafa wishes you the success and progress with this promising project!
It is so wonderful to hear that you reach your target and has get the fund you need for this great project.
Also, we feel so proud and happy to see you selling most of sulafa products and so interested to know that Japan is a good market for embroidery work as well, that’s really amazing and encouraging!
Sulafa Embroidery Centre with in the UNRWA is more than a livelihood programme that provide income opportunities for Palestine refugee women, it is also a way to preserve the traditions and culture of embroidery within the Palestinian society and pass the stories and skills from generation to the next.
Sulafa, a household name in Gaza for quality embroidery, aims to respond to Palestine refugee women's need by supporting approximately 300 local artisans through commissioning traditional and contemporary embroidered goods. This approach allows for women to support their families, which in Gaza often rely on only one source of income, if any. Opportunities are also particularly vital for widowed, divorced or abandoned women who due to traditional, gendered social norms and customs are in an even more vulnerable position.
Moreover, Sulafa ensures that opportunities are available for women who due to very conservative communities are not allowed to work outside of their homes.By ensuring that women can work from home and take on commissions based on their availability, allows women to balance out work with their home responsibilities, while still being able to secure income for their loved ones and secure a better life for their children.
