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| Rubia Sale |
| artstream will host a sale for Rubia on Saturday Nov. 29th from 10 – 4 pm
Items will include pillows, blankets, handbags, rugs, and jewelry.
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| About Rubia |
| Rubia, a non-profit organization founded in 2000 by Rachel Lehr and Jennie Wood, seeks to provide Afghan refugee women with the opportunity to support their families while preserving their rich tradition of handwork
Rubia, provides high quality materials for embroidery and other handwork - all dyed with traditional plant dye sources. Workshops provide training in all the skills needed to create fine functional and ornamental textiles that reflect the Afghan and wider Central Asian aesthetic. |
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| After more than twenty years of civil war, Afghanistan, once a developing nation, is now among the poorest countries in the world and the origin of the largest refugee population. |
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| War, in addition to drought, starvation, and a destroyed economy have forced millions of Afghans across its borders into Pakistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. We hear daily about the problems of the people in Afghanistan and of the women in particular. Poverty, dislocation, illiteracy, and a lack of basic health care top the list of problems in this ancient, now ravaged, country. |
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Proceeds from the sale of their products are used to support literacy, training, and health care education, as well as sustain growth of a business that is compatible with the home-based way of life of most Afghan women.
New traditions are the heart of Rubia‘s work that involves translating the heritage and skills of uprooted women into sustainable livelihoods. Traditionally, textiles have been women‘s handwork, done in the home, between domestic chores, to enhance their surroundings. Rubia, seeks these traditional elements with the new benefits of earning a living wage. Rubia, is committed to working in the old way, with natural fibers, plant dyes, and designs rooted in Central Asia, thereby reviving traditional textile techniques that preserve this fragile cultural heritage in a rapidly changing world. |
| contact |
| P. O Box 655 Peterborough New Hampshire 03458 Jennie Wood |