ICH Linkage (Intangible Cultural Heritage Linkage)

    job training and opportunities, low-income families, Impact Innovation Lab

    Providing job opportunities for single mothers, allowing them to learn intangible cultural heritage skills to reintegrate into society and preserving the nearly lost craft skills

      

      

    The venture provides jobs with flexible working hours and locations to harness single mothers' productivity, allowing them to learn new intangible cultural heritage skills and reintegrate into society, thereby improving their financial situations and boosting their confidence. Meanwhile, it also enables the nearly lost intangible cultural heritage skills, especially the traditional Hakka weaving craft skills, to be passed down.


    Name of Organisation

    Culturescope Limited

    Approved Funding Amount

    HK$100,000

    Funding Period (Status)

    6 months (Ended)

    Impact/Outcomes

    • Organised 17 embroidery workshops for 31 single mothers
    • 2 Hakka female elders provided embroidery skills training
    • Connected and liaised with 21 schools for collaboration and organised 2 Hakka embroidery workshops in schools
    • Connected with 4 bookstores and cultural retail shops regarding setting up points of sale for the Hakka embroidery products
    • Published 6 articles for intangible cultural heritage skills columns of cultural magazines and websites

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