Profile: MerireNgObe
Member's Name: Merire Ngobe
Website: http://medo.awardspace.com
Member Since: 2006-07-31 21:53:20
About: Project: Merire NgObe
Location: Soloy, District of Besiko, Ngobe-Bugle Comarca (indigenous territory), Panama
By: Women’s group Red de Mujeres de Besiko and MEDO.
Merire NgObe is a project of the Ngobe women’s group Red to Mujeres de Besiko and MEDO, a volunteer-based organization, seeking to design fashion accessories based on the creative patterns that decorate the women’s traditional dresses.
A fusion of sorts, the Ngobe women collaborate with each other and with the MEDO volunteers to adapt their own designs and apply their artisanship in a way that would be accessible to consumers, providing them with a fair and sustainable income as well as a manner to fundraise for their group and projects, and also help promote indigenous Ngobe art and culture on a global scale.
MEDO is a non-profit grassroots organization that was established in Soloy in 2005 by a young community-devoted Ngobe man, Adan Bejerano Rios along with two volunteers, Anna Zaniewski and Montrealer Marie-Rose Shoucri. Its mission is to recruit specialized international volunteers to collaborate with different community groups on projects that contribute to the sustainable development of the Comarca, spanning the vital areas of education, health, environment and cultural promotion.
Community groups in the Comarca are the direct beneficiaries of MEDO projects, and in exchange, community groups have to make a contribution in the same areas (ex. giving a percentage of benefits to the English Education Program, to the food program for tuberculosis patients, or physically volunteer, for instance cleaning garbage from the river!). The idea being that foreign volunteers can assist in projects, but a community can only develop if the community invests in itself.
Red de Mujeres de Besiko was established in May 2006. Their goal is to unify Ngobe women of Besiko into a network and together better their social and economic situation by creating microenterprises, promoting education and literacy, benefiting from training opportunities, and raising their empowerment and self-esteem.
Current initiatives include:
*Cultivation of native iron-rich green-leafed plants, as a means of subsistence agriculture, and to also sell locally.
*Participating in specialized training sessions by Japanese volunteers on organic agriculture techniques.
*Participating in basic computer classes designed especially for community women, given by Adan in his work position at the Community Technology and Learning Center.
When you wear a Merire NgObe cuff, belt, or head band, you're demonstrating an alliance with a powerful group of women, with alternate kinds of development, and with a hopeful and sustainable vision of the future.
For more information on this project, MEDO, the women’s group, the Comarca, Ngobe history, art, and culture, please go to: http://medo.awardspace.com
Website: http://medo.awardspace.com
Member Since: 2006-07-31 21:53:20
About: Project: Merire NgObe
Location: Soloy, District of Besiko, Ngobe-Bugle Comarca (indigenous territory), Panama
By: Women’s group Red de Mujeres de Besiko and MEDO.
Merire NgObe is a project of the Ngobe women’s group Red to Mujeres de Besiko and MEDO, a volunteer-based organization, seeking to design fashion accessories based on the creative patterns that decorate the women’s traditional dresses.
A fusion of sorts, the Ngobe women collaborate with each other and with the MEDO volunteers to adapt their own designs and apply their artisanship in a way that would be accessible to consumers, providing them with a fair and sustainable income as well as a manner to fundraise for their group and projects, and also help promote indigenous Ngobe art and culture on a global scale.
MEDO is a non-profit grassroots organization that was established in Soloy in 2005 by a young community-devoted Ngobe man, Adan Bejerano Rios along with two volunteers, Anna Zaniewski and Montrealer Marie-Rose Shoucri. Its mission is to recruit specialized international volunteers to collaborate with different community groups on projects that contribute to the sustainable development of the Comarca, spanning the vital areas of education, health, environment and cultural promotion.
Community groups in the Comarca are the direct beneficiaries of MEDO projects, and in exchange, community groups have to make a contribution in the same areas (ex. giving a percentage of benefits to the English Education Program, to the food program for tuberculosis patients, or physically volunteer, for instance cleaning garbage from the river!). The idea being that foreign volunteers can assist in projects, but a community can only develop if the community invests in itself.
Red de Mujeres de Besiko was established in May 2006. Their goal is to unify Ngobe women of Besiko into a network and together better their social and economic situation by creating microenterprises, promoting education and literacy, benefiting from training opportunities, and raising their empowerment and self-esteem.
Current initiatives include:
*Cultivation of native iron-rich green-leafed plants, as a means of subsistence agriculture, and to also sell locally.
*Participating in specialized training sessions by Japanese volunteers on organic agriculture techniques.
*Participating in basic computer classes designed especially for community women, given by Adan in his work position at the Community Technology and Learning Center.
When you wear a Merire NgObe cuff, belt, or head band, you're demonstrating an alliance with a powerful group of women, with alternate kinds of development, and with a hopeful and sustainable vision of the future.
For more information on this project, MEDO, the women’s group, the Comarca, Ngobe history, art, and culture, please go to: http://medo.awardspace.com
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