Crafting Resilience Future and Talent through ACtions promoting Traditional Culture
Promoting crafts
CRAFT-ACT aims to empower adult migrants in Italy and Turkiye through training in traditional crafts such as pottery, ceramics, and embroidery, fostering cultural heritage preservation and social inclusion. The project also provides entrepreneurship and financial education, enhancing employability and self-sufficiency for participants.
italy
In Italy the project is implemented in the community centre of Amal for Education in Torpignattara, Rome and realised in cooperation with ItaliaHello.
Turkiye
In Turkiye the project is implemented by NGO Amal İnsani Yardım Derneği in Kilis, on the Syrian Turkish border.
OUR ACTIVITIES
Toolkits in Italy and Turkiye in Italian, English, Turkish and Arabic
Toolkits on entrepreneurships and FINANCIAL EDUCATION contextualized for Italy and Turkiye
About Workshops
Let's be creative together
The Craft-Act project invites people from diverse backgrounds to come together and explore the power of creativity. Through workshops in traditional crafts like pottery, embroidery, and financial education, we offer participants the chance to learn hands-on skills that celebrate heritage while fostering a shared sense of purpose and artistry.
Our program is designed to inspire creativity and encourage collaboration. By learning side by side, participants exchange techniques, ideas, and stories, creating a vibrant community where every piece reflects both individual talent and collective effort. Whether you’re shaping clay or stitching a pattern, every skill learned and shared contributes to a brighter future filled with artistry, resilience, and mutual support.
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Check out our work
Explore our pages for each workshop to dive deeper into the journey of our participants. Here, you’ll find a showcase of the works they’ve created, each piece telling its own story of skill and creativity. You’ll also have access to the materials and guides we created, providing insight into the techniques and processes taught during the workshops. Additionally, hear directly from our participants through their testimonies, where they share their experiences, challenges, and the personal growth they achieved through the programme. Whether you’re interested in the artistic process or the impact on our community, these pages offer a comprehensive view of the transformative work happening in our workshops.
POTTERY
Empowering creativity by transforming clay into beautiful, handcrafted art.
Entrepreneurship Education
Turning crafts into thriving businesses with essential financial skills.
EMBROIDERY
Weaving heritage into fabric through intricate, meaningful designs.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAID
I never thought I could turn my passion for crafts into real opportunities—this project gave me confidence and hope for a new beginning.
Sharmina
Participant
Joining the Craft-Act workshops allowed me to express my creativity, connect with others, and learn skills that I can use to build a better future.
Hayde
Participant
Teaching in this project was inspiring; I watched participants transform not only their skills but also their perspectives on what's possible.
Rasha
Trainer
The workshops brought out the best in everyone—sharing knowledge and creativity was truly rewarding.
Abdulaziz
Trainer
amal open lab, roma
Our Workshop
Our Workshop in Rome is an open space where women gather to share ideas and produce creative materials. But it is also a place to gather, to make tea and share traditional cakes and biscuits from the countries of origin.
Focus Women, Kilis
Our Workshop
In Kilis we opened a specific space for CRAFT-ACT where women gathered for all activities, pottery, embroidery and financial education.
TestimonialS
What Our TRainers Say?
The course led to wonderful friendships. While teaching embroidery, I also met women from different countries (Peru, Bangladesh, Turkey, Tunisia). We had a great time and exchanged cultural insights on embroidery. I would like to thank Amal for opening the door for us with this project. It was a great honor for me to work with the kind and sincere staff at Amal.
Asia
Embroidery Trainer
The Craft Act initiative, proposed by the Amal For Education center in Torpignattara, concluded yesterday with a beautiful exhibition showcasing the main works of migrant women from the neighborhood and beyond.
Working closely for seven months and seeing their passion for pottery grow was an unforgettable experience. Observing their ambition and the emergence of their identity, day by day, in the works and techniques we developed together, was the greatest gift. From the start, we established a single common language: the language of our hands. There was never a limit to expression, even when language barriers arose, and we had to rely on simultaneous translation. We all grew together, connecting cultures, hearts, and generations through clay work, and created a small neighborhood family.
Valeria
Pottery trainer
What Our PARTICIPANTS Say?
This was the first time I participated in a course like this in Italy. I really appreciated the flexible schedule and enjoyed my teacher and her work. I believe I learned a lot, and it was rewarding to have the opportunity to showcase my work at the end of the course.
Ilknur
Participant
For me, it was a wonderful course because it was a discovery of what I could create with my hands, something I never would have imagined. I discovered a positive and creative side of myself that I hadn't considered. I'm very grateful to Amal for this discovery.
Hayde
participant
ABOUT US
The Craft-Act Project: Crafting Resilience, Future, and Talent through Actions promoting Traditional Culture, is an Erasmus+ KA2 project co-funded by the European Union and coordinated by AMAL for Education APS (Italy), in partnership with AIYD Amal İnsani Yardim Derneği (Turkey) and ItaliaHello (Italy).
2022-1-IT02-KA210-ADU-000083847
“Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them”
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