Making Projects

How to make a developing project in a community, how to start studiyng the territory, following traditions and cultures. Here the best guide lines from international associations and the best projects made by Italian associations and institutions.

Fanny Calvo Aguilar, of Futouris, tells us how she and the designer Natasha Moss made a project supporting rural women employment through sustainable souvenirs, so that now tourists are involved too.  

One sure fact is: people cannot ignore what sustainability is, because of Countries or market laws, in the way one must lead a territory or a small business, from water to services to sales to communication.Tens of publications and experts explain how everything gains in development value, if...  

Fight against poverty can sweep across tourism. In this interview the Acra ngo operator Alessia lombardo tells the story of the Pro Poor Project in Zanzibar. 

The story of the Domus Amigas women, worth reading and visiting. Hanno incominciato affittando una camera per far fronte alla disoccupazione, poi si sono aggiunti la cucina, i laboratori di tessitura e quelli della bioedilizia. Oggi le donne del "Centro Sperimentazione Autosviluppo" di Iglesias...

Necklaces, bracelets, home decoration, are now sold to tourists, after a special course given by a jewellery designer. All explained in Tanzania Maasai Women Art. Collane, orecchini, braccialetti, oggetti di decoro per la casa, tutti realizzati in perline secondo le antiche tradizioni...

The form of one of the largest projects ever, born from people and ended into a travel, and the story told by the project manager Daniela Battafarano of Icei, from the community involvement to the responsible tourism project.Raccogliere dati sul territorio, coinvolgere la popolazione locale,... 

Sorties dans les quartier, rencontres pour informer sur les droits, ateliers, un journal en ligne, diffusion de publications, sèjours internationaux, sont les activitées du FFM, l’association francaise nèe a Marsellie et diffusè en plusier lieux. Le Project:PresentationUn project de formation... 

A now well-known coop of women whose story started more than twenty years ago, well worth dropping in, for shopping addicts, but also for a good dinner.  The story of this group of women started in 1987, when an American fashion designer lead off a group of nine women dressmakers. When...

In this interview, the organiser of Calapuja women Project describes the participated work, that brought more than 40 women to sell handicrafts and welcome more than twenty guests, in a remote village. Travel suggestions at Americas, 18 days with people.Anni di viaggi hanno definito meglio... 

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