Activities
Building Capacity of existing Artisans
Status | Achieved |
Objective | to improve the knowledge of existing inlay artisans on quality standards and safety tools and measures |
Activity date | 22 – 23 August 2020 |
Details | Karama team invited 16 artisans to attend the two-day workshop in Damietta at Pinocchio’s factory but only 11 could participate due to commitments they have in Cairo. Artisans were very punctual and actively participated and discussed their challenges to apply what they learned in their workshops |
Outputs created | 11 inlay artisans have completed the workshop on quality standards and safety measures. After the training, 90.9% of artisans are ready to apply what they learned about quality standards and safety measures in their workshop and 81.8% of artisans chose at least one tool for enhancing quality or increasing safety measures they learnt during the workshop that they will start applying once they return to workshops. |
Status | Achieved |
Objective | Build capacity of artisans on costing and pricing techniques as well as enhancing finishing of the products |
Activity date | 08/12/2020 |
Details | The artisans were actively participating in the workshop and did number of exercises on the finishing during the workshop under the supervision of Amr Orensa, the workshops trainer. |
Outputs created | 7 artisans completed the workshop. 57.1% Evaluated the degree of benefiting from the training topics as excellent and 42.9% as very good. |
Train new generation of Inlay Artisans:
This activity can be sub classified into two: Train youth with intellectual disability & train youth from vocational schools on inlay.
Pre-selection Training
Status | Achieved |
Objective | Selecting the most suitable nominees from youth with intellectual disabilities to train them on inlay craft as part of Karama plan to train new generation of artisans. |
Activity dates | 16 – 25 August, 2020 |
Details | In collaboration with Mamdouh Sakr, the director of Jameel House of Traditional Arts, we tested 36 participants (26 male and 10 female) within 6 sessions. The testing criteria was based on their physical mental coordination on the use of material and tools. The no harm principle and gender equality were mainstreamed during the selection and training process due to the vulnerability of the trainees. |
Outputs created | 10 youth from different age groups were selected to start the training on inlay craft. |
Training Social Workers from Al Ahdath Al Daleen and Al Tathkeef Al Fekry on inlay
Status | Achieved |
Objective | Train social workers to help us in the training of youth as they need special treatment, in addition to giving the two institutions an opportunity to have trainers in case they plan to have a permanent inlay workshop in institutions. Which they started to implement. |
Activity dates | 20 Sept.- 20 Oct, 2020 |
Details | In collaboration with Mamdouh Sakr, the director of Jameel House of Traditional Arts, we trained social workers on the basic principles of the inlay craft within 12 sessions. The social workers showed great enthusiasm during the training and started training new group of youth. |
Outputs created | 8 social workers have completed the training on the inlay craft. 6 of the 8 were females and this is considered a huge success as they are the first females to be trained on the full cycle of the male-dominant craft of inlay. 50% Evaluated their level of benefiting from the training topics as excellent and 50% as very good. |
Training of apprentices from Al Ahdath Al Daleen and Al Tathkeef Al Fekry
Status | Achieved |
Objective | To provide underprivileged youth with skills that increase their chances of getting jobs and enhance their quality of life. |
Activity dates | 16 Nov.- 8 Dec., 2020 |
Details | Youth were trained by 4 social workers and three trainers on the basic principles of inlay in 9 sessions. Trainees showed astonishing level of enthusiasm and commitment to the training that they usually refused to have breaks for their lunch break to continue with the training. Evaluation criteria assesses their proficiency level in the 4 processes of inlay, besides the communication skills. |
Outputs created | 10 youth with intellectual disability, including 1 female completed the training. The female is the first female with intellectual disability to be trained on inlay in Egypt. evaluating trainees’ skills after the completion of the training based on a scale “poor-fair-good”, the trainers proudly evaluated the technical and communication skills of the female trainee as good in 7 out of the 8 evaluation criteria, while on average, 6 of 10 trainees scored good in 7 of 8 the evaluation criteria. |
Train youth from vocational schools on inlay
Status | In progress |
Objective | Train 20 youth from vocational schools on inlay craft to create new generation of young-well-trained inlay artisans. |
Activity dates | To be confirmed |
Progress | We had a meeting with representatives from Ministry of Education and Technical Education on 17/09/2020 to agree on an initial agreement between Karama and the ministry. This activity is delayed because of the delay in receiving the national security approval. Once received, the team shall proceed. |
Outputs created | A protocol of cooperation between Karama Foundation and the Ministry of Education and Technical Education is successfully agreed on. This protocol will allow Karama foundation to access vocational schools in Egypt to train youth on inlay and different other crafts. |
Production of new designs:
Prototyping of new designs
Status | In progress |
Objective | Create new functional designs that help in penetrating new markets and attract new customers, to eventually revive the craft and increase the artisans’ income. |
Activity dates | Continuous |
Progress | Initially, the jury accepted 11 designs in the design competition, however, Karama team reviewed the functionality of each and every design and decided to only implement 8 designs. In addition, we cooperated with more four designers, including Amr Orensa, to provide us with the other designs. |
Outputs created | 8 new designs were executed from the design competition started on December, 2019 (5 home accessory designs and 3 Jewellery designs)- 7 of them are successfully prototyped 10 designs were created from other renowned designers, 6 of them are successfully prototyped. |
Promoting artisans and their products
Product acquisition
Status | In progress |
Objective | Increase income of our artisans and display the products on our online platforms |
Activity dates | Continuous |
Progress | We acquired total number of (34) traditional products from 10 different workshops to prepare for the website launch |
Outputs created | 10 new inlay workshops were added to our network, 9 of them received financial support through buying their products or prototyping |
Photography of products
Status | Achieved |
Objective | Provide high quality visual content for our products to increase the demand on the products. |
Activity dates | Oct.- Nov, 2020 |
Details | Photos of products from different crafts were professionally taken within 4 photography sessions. Crafts are inlay, Pam leaf, Tally, Flamed Glass, Blown Glass, Makrameya, Khayameya |
Outputs created | 150 photos were professionally taken to be uploaded on the website |
Videos shot with artisans
Status | In progress |
Objective | Promote the artisans through giving them a platform to voice their stories and their role in reviving culture heritage. |
Activity dates | Continuous |
Progress | Karama team is to shoot 8 videos for 4 crafts, where each craft will have two videos, one for the products and one for the artisan. In addition to one Promo video, collecting all the crafts together. The crafts are; inlay, palm leaf, Flamed glass, and tally. The remaining craft is tally. |
Outputs created | 6 videos are successfully shot with three artisans working in inlay, flamed glass, and palm leaf. |
Participation in Exhibitions
Status | In progress |
Objective | Promote artisans and their products to reach more customers |
Activity dates | 10-16/10/2020 & 12/12/2020 |
Progress | We participated in 4 exhibitions during the project so far and we are planning to participate in 2 more local exhibitions in the next reporting period. |
Outputs created | We participated in Turathna Exhibition and Kahhal event |