Hla Day are Please to be Air Asia Foundation Grant Recipients
Thank-you to the Air Asia Foundation, with your support we will be able to provide business training through our Myanmar Artisans Toolkit, and train up local talent into a managerial position!
"To close the gaps faced by the many disparate groups of artisans, Hla Day was establised as a Myanmar crafts hub to help crafts groups integrate into a more contemporary craft world. In addition to guiding design and product ideas, Hla Day retails the final products at its colourful store in the heart of Yangon. However, as Hla Day grows, it faces a new challenge to formalise its training in order to reach more artisans.
With AirAsia Foundation’s grant, Hla Day is targeting to train 400 new artisans comprising community members in Yangon and rural Myanmar. This will be conducted using new materials translated and adapted from the successful Afghan Artisan Training Toolkit focusing on Business, Accounting and Design skills. Through this formalised training, artisans will be able to hone their craftsmanship and entrepreneurial skills, while building their capacity to eventually set up and manage their own crafts-based businesses.
The training rollout will take place as a Train the Trainers’ programme in two phases:
- 2016 – Training of new Yangon artisans
- 2017 – Training of rural artisans
To ensure sustainability of Hla Day, the grant funding will also include training and employment of a local management trainee to develop skills for a managerial position."
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