Leather repair on fair-trade guitar straps
ORGANIZATION: JCP CACE cc
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The Center for Amazon Community Ecology has developed a line of handmade fair-trade guitar straps with Bora native women artisans from the Peruvian Amazon to create a sustainable livelihood for their families, support forest conservation and improve health and education in their communities. The main part of the straps are woven with chambira palm fiber and the tabs are made from leather. Unfortunately the shoemaker who prepared these leather tabs in Iquitos, Peru goofed and cut the slit in the wrong position in relation to the hole that fits over the button on the guitar. We are, therefore, seeking help from one or more people with experience working with leather and access to a heavy-duty sewing machine to make and attach new tabs for us on the guitar straps we have in stock in the US. This work can be done anywhere where it is convenient for the person doing the work.
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About JCP CACE cc
Location:
1200 Market St., PMB# 285, Lemoyne, PA 17043, US
Mission Statement
The mission of the Center for Amazon Community Ecology is to promote the understanding, conservation and sustainable development of human and other biological communities in the Amazon region. Our three strategies are research, community support and education. One of our main goals is to study the ecology and develop the sustainable harvest and marketing of non-timber forest products such as fruits, fibers, resins, and oils. We also work with indigenous and other forest peoples to sustain local resources and support their communities.
Description
The main strategies for achieving our goals are research, community support, and education. This will include investigating the ecology and sustainable harvest of non-timber forest products (like resins, fruits and fibers) and assisting indigenous and other forest-based communities to manage and market them to support local development and conservation. This will require reaching out to and connecting many people and communities in the Amazon and abroad. CACE is a member of the Fair Trade Federation.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
161 E. Aaron Dr.State College, PA 16803
DATE POSTED
January 4, 2017
SKILLS
- Sewing
- Upholstery
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- enough time to fix 5 to 10 guitar straps
- experience working with leather; access to heavy-duty sewing machine