Please have a look at
the beautiful hand-crafted products designed and produced by deaf
women and men. By purchasing our products you give employment and
hope to the deaf of the Gaza Strip.
Atfaluna’s crafts
production and vocational training units address the needs of deaf
persons who have never had the chance to go to school. With no
literacy or job skills, the majority of deaf women and men live well
under the poverty line, dependent upon charity or help from their
families. The Atfaluna Vocational Training Unit offers the
opportunity for deaf women and men to learn woodworking, upholstery,
picture framing, sewing, traditional embroidery, furniture
finishing, furniture painting, fabric weaving, rug weaving, or
pottery-making. In addition to learning a trade, trainees also
learn to do simple mathematics and learn to read and write.
Upon completion of
training courses, graduates are placed in community workshops or
businesses, or in Atfaluna’s Craft Production Unit. In addition,
more than 150 needy women work from their homes doing embroidery or
other assembly work and help to supplement the family income.