D Company
D. is a Farstan weaving project providing jobs in villages around the second largest city in Farstan. It
strives to empower the poor through village ownership of production assets and to provide education
by supporting the development of schools in the villages.
Weaving is a traditional skill, but villagers wanting to work with D are trained in order to guarantee
quality designs and workmanship. D provided looms for participating villagers to use in their homes.
D also provides the raw materials for the artisans. Completing a weaving project might take several
months so D makes partial payments to the producers to provide operating capital and family
resources during the production process.
D is essentially a marketing organisation for the artisans targeting an international market and
utilising an alternative trade organisation. This marketing strategy enables D to pay artisans effective
wages significantly above the going market wage.
The enterprise has had multifaceted impact on the villages. In addition to more than doubling the
income of the artisans, the company has helped to establish several schools. One school has 750
students of which over half are females. With sustainable income many are making long-lasting
commitments to the village and doctors have returned to the villages they once abandoned, in the
hopes of making a lasting difference.
The enterprise also supports families. The flexibility afforded by placing the weaving looms in the
artisans’ home allows villagers to attend to other responsibilities including family and field work.
Women, often excluded from many aspects of business life, can now freely and equally participate in
weaving.
Each village elects a head supervisor from among the workers. The supervisor is a resource to other
weavers in the village. The village will collectively identify the specific needs of the community.
The weavers and supervisors find they relate to each other in ways they might never have
experienced otherwise. A Muslim supervisor to a Christian worker ceases to be identified as Muslim;
instead, they are friends and partners working for a common goal and the welfare of the entire village.
D. is a Farstan weaving project providing jobs in villages around the second largest city in Farstan. It
strives to empower the poor through village ownership of production assets and to provide education
by supporting the development of schools in the villages.
Weaving is a traditional skill, but villagers wanting to work with D are trained in order to guarantee
quality designs and workmanship. D provided looms for participating villagers to use in their homes.
D also provides the raw materials for the artisans. Completing a weaving project might take several
months so D makes partial payments to the producers to provide operating capital and family
resources during the production process.
D is essentially a marketing organisation for the artisans targeting an international market and
utilising an alternative trade organisation. This marketing strategy enables D to pay artisans effective
wages significantly above the going market wage.
The enterprise has had multifaceted impact on the villages. In addition to more than doubling the
income of the artisans, the company has helped to establish several schools. One school has 750
students of which over half are females. With sustainable income many are making long-lasting
commitments to the village and doctors have returned to the villages they once abandoned, in the
hopes of making a lasting difference.
The enterprise also supports families. The flexibility afforded by placing the weaving looms in the
artisans’ home allows villagers to attend to other responsibilities including family and field work.
Women, often excluded from many aspects of business life, can now freely and equally participate in
weaving.
Each village elects a head supervisor from among the workers. The supervisor is a resource to other
weavers in the village. The village will collectively identify the specific needs of the community.
The weavers and supervisors find they relate to each other in ways they might never have
experienced otherwise. A Muslim supervisor to a Christian worker ceases to be identified as Muslim;
instead, they are friends and partners working for a common goal and the welfare of the entire village.
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