Social Entrepreneur Corps - Artisan Support

Artisan Support is an area where Social Entrepreneur Corps has created two seperate social innovations in order to best support and serve our local constituents.

Good Stuff Good Works (GSGW) is a Social Entrepreneur Corps social innovation. The mission of GSGW is to support local artisans and in-country aid work. GSGW empowers primarily US university students to identify and sell hand crafted products (“good stuff”) on campus from the countries where we work. Income from these sales is in turn provided to select community social impact initiatives (“good works”) in developing world communities.

Typical beneficiaries:

Artisan organizations, local nonprofit organizations, foreign consumers

Recent Examples:

Guatemala:

Beneficiary: Asociación Lema (artisan organization)

Impact Achieved: GSGW sales have supported Asociación Lema to continue providing steady work for fifteen women artisans.

Ecuador:

Beneficiary: Artesanas de Guadalupe (artisan organization)

Impact Achieved: Interns met with artisans, analyzed opportunity for products to be offered by GSGW and recommended positively. GSGW purchased $80 of products, which generated income for three women in Artesanas de Guadalupe.

Nicaragua:

Beneficiary: Telares Indigenas Nicaragua (artisan organization)

Impact Achieved: Interns met with women weavers, analyzed the viability of offering their products in the United States, and recommended GSGW offer their products. GSGW purchased over $140 of products from Telares Indigenas Nicaragua.

South Africa:

Beneficiary: Siyaphila Orphanage

Impact Achieved: Interns have sold over $235 of artisan goods to support the Siyaphila Orphanage in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

To learn more about the impact interns had through Good Stuff Good Works (GSGW) in 2011, download the 'Social Entrepreneur Corps Impact Report' here

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Artisan Explorer (AE) is a Social Entrepreneur Corps social innovation. Artisan Explorer searches for small artisan organizations and cooperatives, from weavers to potters, and supports them through a database of organizations throughout the countries in which we work. The database can be used by travelers who want to visit them or retailers who want to take their products into new markets. It brings unique products to different markets and supports the talented artisans who produce them.

Typical beneficiaries:

Artisan organizations and cooperatives, local and international tourists, retailers

Recent Examples:

Guatemala:

Beneficiary: Las Mujeres del Triunfo, Solola

Impact Achieved: This cooperative, which works in woven goods and jewelry, started very small but is getting more exposure and clients through the internet publication completely free of charge.

Ecuador:

Beneficiary: Artesanas de Guadalupe

Impact Achieved: This cooperative’s handmade bead and seed jewelry is now receiving customers on a more regular basis.

Nicaragua:

Beneficiary: Cooperativa de Artesania Jipijapa Mombacho

Impact Achieved: Jipijapa Mobacho is not easy to reach because it is only accessible by hiking. AE helps more tourists arrive to this amazing and picturesque cooperative.

To learn more about the impact interns had through Artisan Explorer (AE) in 2011, download the 'Social Entrepreneur Corps Impact Report' here

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