Mission
OUR MISSION
♦ Our mission is to strengthen and promote Colombia’s rich cultural heritage and the artistic techniques of Colombia’s ethnic groups and talented artisans, always respecting their traditions, values, and beliefs. And keeping their heritage alive by transferring the traditional artisanal methods to future generations.
♦Our immediate strategy is to increase the participation of women artisans by implementing a comprehensive, sustained development that improves their standard of living. Enabling them to have access to opportunities for economic development, education, social participation. And perfecting their artisanal techniques, increasing their productivity and efficiency, and ultimately their income.
♦ Our continual strategy is to assist indigenous communities that live through extreme poverty, illiteracy, and food deficiencies.
OUR VISION
To lift the Wayuu community in La Guajira, Colombia, out of poverty through donations, sales of our products, food / education programmes, and economic empowerment. To enable the women artisans and their families to become self-sufficient and take ownership of their own social and economic development. To ensure that every cent raised allows them to enhance their quality of life and increase social participation and integration within their communities and society.
When you purchase our products, you are directly helping the Wayuu Community in La Guajira, Colombia who live in extreme poverty, and endure illiteracy and food deficiencies.
We work closely with each community to create jobs for woman, promoting social integration and sustainable economic development.
“A percentage of every sale goes directly to helping a child in need”
EMPOWERING WOMEN & ARTISANS SKILLS
Right now, Anashi is collaborating with The Artisan Women Association from La Guajira and Sandona, Colombia. Enabling the privilege of working from home, allowing them to earn a living without having to disattend their children and families.
Anashi’s Impact Programmes focus on:
- Innovative Design Workshops that allow women artisans to master their handicraft skills and exchange technical knowledge and experience to develop their artistic and creative weaving skills.
- Boost their rate of income through Leadership & Business Development, to drive economic independence and sustainable growth in their communities.
- Through Social Inclusion & Gender Equality, our aim is to promote the value of artisanal techniques. Keeping their heritage alive and increasing the social participation of women artisans in society.
“Promoting women’s empowerment contributes to social integration, economic development and gender equality within the society.”
PROMOTING EDUCATION
Children are the future, and the Anashi Foundation is committed to supporting the social integration and educational development of Wayuu children in La Guajira.
Our objective is to provide school supplies with educational materials that support their learning skills, social integration, and preservation of their official language, “Wayuunaiki.”
OUR LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES
- Improve the living condition of artisans by implementing socio-economic and educational programmes.
- Establish alliances with international/national organizations, institutions, enterprises, and private individuals to promote Anashi’s social programmes.
- Implement training programmes focusing on handicraft’s skills development for more productivity, perfection, and efficiency.
- Ensure the exchange of technical knowledge and experience among artisans to facilitate and continually develop their artistic and creative skills.
- Increase the participation of local artisans in their communities through capacity building, design innovation & competitiveness.
- Boost rate of income that allows our artisans to have access to opportunities for economic development and social participation.
- Provide educational materials and school supplies to children to support their learning abilities.
- Increase competitiveness and commercialization of our artisanal products.
- Consolidate the artisanal skills as a tool to generate new jobs.
“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.”
(Nelson Mandela)