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The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

The Impact of Service "Speaking with locals and living in a country is the best way to learn about the real lives of citizens, not just the stories in the mainstream media. I will be more critical of what I read as a result of this experience. I also feel even more grateful for my education, and I feel a stronger responsibility to assist others who do not have resources or access to opportunities in their communities." Maria Skouras (New York University) volunteered in 2011 as a Peace Fellow for eHomemakers in Malaysia. For more 2011 feedback click here.

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One More Loom Fundraising Campaign

Weaving workshops will serve as a form of intellectual repatriation and a step toward economic self-sufficiency for the displaced communities.

ADIVIMA will employ an experienced weaver from each community to offer two one-year treadle loom workshops and two six-month backstrap loom workshops to community members who will then join the Lik Chom cooperative.

Each teacher will offer three workshops a week of two days each for a total of no more than thirty students. Appropriate regional weaving techniques for skirts and huipils, shawls, belts and ceremonial dress will be taught.

Donations of any size will go directly to ADIVIMA for workshop support. Textiles made during the workshops will be available for purchase at a discounted rate for donors.

Photos of workshops and participants will be posted to a newly created Lik Chom blog and The Advocacy Project website. Fund a loom or some yarn and we’ll send you photos of the textiles we create.


Levels of support:


Madeja: $20 will fund the purchase of 20 skeins of high quality color-fast cotton yarn for workshop participants

Telar: $25 will fund the purchase of one small backstrap loom and associated tools for one weaver

Telar Completo: $40 will fund the building and purchase of one small and one medium backstrap loom and all associated tools for one weaver

Paquete: $40 will fund the purchase of 40 skeins of high quality color-fast cotton yarn for one weaver for a six-month backstrap weaving workshop

Jardin: $50 will fund the development of a dye garden and a test patch of naturally colored cotton

Quintal: $120 will fund the purchase of enough yarn for three weavers during a six-month workshop

Ixok: $200 will fund the salary of one weaving instructor for one month to teach either backstrap loom or treadle loom techniques


Thank you for your support.

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