Maverick Philanthropists in Action
Hands on Hips is
a non-profit corporation set up by author Barbara Sher to
support
various projects primarily in the village of Ortahisar, Turkey. Details of the projects are
given at the Kilim Women website. Examples of the Kilim rugs woven at the weaving
school are posted at regular intervals on the Kilim Women blog.
Berkat is non-profit organization founded by the Czech journalist Petra Prochazkova to
provide victims of the wars in Chechnya and Afghanistan, most of them widowed or
orphaned, with outlets for their talents so that they can become self-supporting. The
projects include Happy Flying Carpets in Afghanistan, which provides looms, wool and
other supplies to Fakiro and other villages close by. Some of the carpets and other
handicrafts are then sold or given as gifts to sponsors in Prague. Projects in Chechnya
include Friend-to-Friend, which helps women and children who have been abandoned or
widowed as a result of the war, the Iman Center orphanage, and a children's dance
troupe. Petra Prochazkova's book "Aluminum Queen" is also available at Berkat's
website. It provides an illuminating look at Chechnya's slide from a middle-class society
into war and chaos.
Note: Maverick Philanthropy is a website set up on my own initiative in order to help
publicize small-scale projects of this type. I hope to find and feature many more
examples of individuals simply seeing a need and acting to fill it. If you have or know
of similar projects, please feel free to contact me at: statoun@maverickphilanthropy.org
various projects primarily in the village of Ortahisar, Turkey. Details of the projects are
given at the Kilim Women website. Examples of the Kilim rugs woven at the weaving
school are posted at regular intervals on the Kilim Women blog.
Berkat is non-profit organization founded by the Czech journalist Petra Prochazkova to
provide victims of the wars in Chechnya and Afghanistan, most of them widowed or
orphaned, with outlets for their talents so that they can become self-supporting. The
projects include Happy Flying Carpets in Afghanistan, which provides looms, wool and
other supplies to Fakiro and other villages close by. Some of the carpets and other
handicrafts are then sold or given as gifts to sponsors in Prague. Projects in Chechnya
include Friend-to-Friend, which helps women and children who have been abandoned or
widowed as a result of the war, the Iman Center orphanage, and a children's dance
troupe. Petra Prochazkova's book "Aluminum Queen" is also available at Berkat's
website. It provides an illuminating look at Chechnya's slide from a middle-class society
into war and chaos.
Note: Maverick Philanthropy is a website set up on my own initiative in order to help
publicize small-scale projects of this type. I hope to find and feature many more
examples of individuals simply seeing a need and acting to fill it. If you have or know
of similar projects, please feel free to contact me at: statoun@maverickphilanthropy.org