Field of intervention :Local know-how
Association : MaMa Foundation
Project :“Mothers’ cooperative”
Localisation :Warsaw
Country :Poland
Supported Group :15 single women in difficulty
 
Objective

To reintegrate young single mothers into the society and the labour market.

Project holder

Katarzyna Nowak, Internal Communication, Accor Poland.

Association

The Mama Foundation is a Polish NGO established in June 2006 to advance women’s rights and to eradicate the discriminatory attitudes barring them from jobs, and social and cultural circles.

Project

MaMa FoundationIt is never easy for a single mother to find a job in Poland – but it is even harder when they are under 18, unqualified and come from underprivileged families.

The Mama Foundation will be opening a workshop to make modern products with an ethnic twist (colours and shapes) to open a door into the job market for these women. That workshop will train these young mothers in arts and crafts, and in local folklore, to help them to make jewellery, pottery, bags and other things to sell and generate incomes.

The Accor Foundation will be stepping in as the incubator for this company that will empower these women in difficulty to draw on Poland’s folklore to rebuild their social and professional status.

This project will run for two years.

In 2011:

  • personal development module (to rebuild self-confidence);
  • local folklore awareness, local arts, crafts and expertise, basic marketing skills;
  • cooperative creation and management methods.

In 2012:

  • set up the cooperative;
  • get down to business (find premises, buy supplies, start production, sell products…).

support €41,000 for 2 years (2011 and 2012)
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