OUR THEORY OF CHANGE
If Crafts With Meaning provides artisans and disadvantaged young people—particularly women—with practical skills training, fair employment opportunities, market access, and opportunities to participate in sustainable production, then they can build sustainable livelihoods and improve their economic independence.
FROM RESOURCES TO LASTING CHANGE
Theory of Change Pathway
O1
Inputs
Resources, partnerships, materials, funding, production facilities, trainers, designers, and market networks.
O2
Activities
Train artisans and young people in practical skills; provide paid apprenticeships; create employment; design sustainable products; connect to markets; and repurpose production waste.
O3
Outputs
Marketable technical and business skills, fair income opportunities, meaningful sustainable products, and textile waste diverted into new value.
O4
Outcomes
Increased income and independence, improved employability, stronger artisan enterprises, and greater participation in the green and creative economy.
O5
Long-Term Impact
Thriving artisans and empowered communities, where talented people have access to dignified work, sustainable livelihoods, and an inclusive, environmentally responsible economy.