What Your Donation Can Do
Here are some examples of what your contributions would accomplish:
12 Dollars/Month
Twelve dollars would provide enough propane gas to heat the weaving center in winter months
20 Dollars/month
Twenty dollars will provide internet access and phone cards to facilitate communications for the project.
4 Dollars/Day
A four dollar donation will cover one day of operation costs (carding, spinning, weaving, or fulling) and will the costs of transportation to and from the Bamiyan weaving center and lunch during the day.
80 Dollars/Month
Eighty dollars a month will pay to rent space for a weaving center that will house three counterbalance looms.
50 Dollars
Fifty dollars will buy a more efficient drop spindle for spinning yarn.
215 Dollars
Two Hundred & fifteen dollars will buy 30 kilograms of raw wool from sheepherders.
355 Dollars
Three Hundred & fifty-five dollars will pay for a local carpenter to build replicas of the original counterbalance loom.
1000 Dollars
One Thousand dollars will buy a drum carding machine that would be shipped to Bamiyan.
Any Amount
Will be used responsibly and passionately to improve the quality of life for the women weavers of Bamyan