OUR COLLECTION — ASIA — THAILAND 178. PAINTED WOOD NATIVITY
This 14-piece Nativity set is painted wood. The pieces include the Holy Family, an angel, a shepherd, three wise men, and six animals (camel, cow, horse, sheep, goat, and elephant). The tallest figure measures 4 .25 inches.
A women’s cooperative in Chiang Mai, Thailand, started making various wooden items in 2004 with the help of an Australian missionary. The output has grown steadily in quality and quantity. They have received attention from various media outlets, which very much excites the women who have risen from subsistence living in bamboo huts to a higher level of financial self-sufficiency.
When the women started the collective, they lived in one community. Each woman was either infected with HIV or had a family member who was infected. As the co-op grew, they decided to limit the workers to those actually infected, and now let the local AIDS agency select workers for the program. Fifteen workers participate.
A women’s cooperative in Chiang Mai, Thailand, started making various wooden items in 2004 with the help of an Australian missionary. The output has grown steadily in quality and quantity. They have received attention from various media outlets, which very much excites the women who have risen from subsistence living in bamboo huts to a higher level of financial self-sufficiency.
When the women started the collective, they lived in one community. Each woman was either infected with HIV or had a family member who was infected. As the co-op grew, they decided to limit the workers to those actually infected, and now let the local AIDS agency select workers for the program. Fifteen workers participate.