Center for Community Development Studies Grant

Organization - Center for Community Development Studies
Grant Amount - $90,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - in support of the final phase of a project aimed at improving the livelihood of ethnic women and their families in poor, upland communities across China, Lao PDR and Vietnam by promoting off-farm diversification and market access for local embroidery


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