Our mission is to give young people the skills to earn their living as artisans, to increase the incomes of practicing artisans, and to preserve traditional arts in Niger. We do this by providing training, equipment, and access to markets.
Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:
By Soumana Saley | President of DIMA
At the end of 2024, we calculated that since starting our work in 2017, we have helped 250 people. In August 2024, Le Sahel, newspaper in Niger, published an article featuring four of... Read the full report ›By Soumana Saley | President
June 13, 2024, was a big day for Dispositif d’Initiatives pour les Métiers de l’Artisanat (DIMA). Seventy students at our main school graduated from 3-year training programs in... Read the full report ›By Soumana Saley | President
The 70 tailoring, leatherworking, and weaving students at DIMA’s main training center are in the final months of their training program. As you can see from the photos in this report, they have... Read the full report ›
