Give Together to Celebrate Women and Girls
Posted by: Cathy and Len
Countdown to filming! Help us to complete the final three days of film shooting in Bangladesh for the inspiring Threads story.
Women artisans, once destitute young mothers, have supported their families over the past twenty-five years, stitch by stitch, by creating exquisite embroidered tapestries depicting social and historical stories of their time. Crossing rivers during floods, riding for hours in rusted buses over muddy roads, these women came together to learn their craft and to work.
Just as each stitch has made a difference in their lives, so every donation you make – small or large – will help us complete the film that celebrates their many accomplishments.
These women are going beyond embroidering visionary art together. They are
- educating their children,
- purchasing land,
- continuing to teach others to make their own livelihoods,
- and keeping their traditions alive.
Against many odds, they are taking their lives into their own hands and creating a better future for the next generation.
We need your help to raise a total of $3,400 for 3 final days of shooting to complete this phase of the documentary.
We already raised $1400 in one week to celebrate International Day of the Girl on October 11th — and donations are still coming in! Thank you SO much! We want to start the shoot at the end of October and we still need to raise $2000.
Make a tax deductible donation to Threads through International Documentary Association now http://documentary.org/fsp/3732 — $20, $50, $100, whatever you can afford (trust us, each donation makes a difference!) — and celebrate women and girls by helping bring voice to the stories of these amazing women of Bangladesh and inspiring countless other women and girls around the world.
Read more about the amazing story of the women in Bangladesh at https://kanthathreads.com
It would be great if you would share the story with your friends, too.
Thank you!