Wednesday, January 13, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 9
Third world artisans bene fit from Helping Hands
liy Cydncy Wilson
Helping Hands Handcrafts, a gift shop at
339 N. Cotncr Blvd. opened in November
1981. Helping Hands sells items handcraft
ed in Third World countries and the profits
are sent back directly to help the people in
these developing countries.
Helping Hands orders its sales items
from SERRV and MCC Sclf-I Iclp Program.
SLKRV, which was originally an acronym
for Sales Exchange for Refugee Rehabilita
tion Vocations, offers a market to artisans
in a wide variety of situations in some fifty
"developing" countries worldwide.
SERRV, an ecumenical church -related
marketing program, was developed after
World War II to help refugees and displaced
persons in Germany. The long-term solut
ion which SERRV hopes to offer is a more
adequate income for the individuals who
market these crafts.
The MCC Self-Help Program, similar to
SERRV, is a relief and service agency
supported by Mcnnonites and Brethren in
Christ. Self-IIclp also provides machinery
and sewing machines to villages in some
areas of the Third World.
Mark-up on items from these two out
lets include shipping, customs and over
head costs, but no profits. Stores similar to
Helping Hands have been set up across the
United States and Canada and arc support
ed by many different denominations.
SERRV and Self-Help wish to preserve the
artistic traditions of the area or country
from which they came, not wishing to pro
mote commercialism.
Helping Hands is staffed by volunteers
and all of the profits arc going toward re
fugee resettlement and to SERRV and Self
Help in order to buy more handcrafts.
The Jute Works of Bangladesh started
with five or six people and now has
expanded to 30 persons making up their
staff group and 25,000 craftsmen. The Jute
Works, which began by selling their wares
to SERRV, now distribures to other
companies in North America as well.
According to JoEva Jones, a volunteer
at Helping Hands, SERRV and Self-Help
arc "a way for groups of people to get
established - they are a stepping stone.
Hopefully the people are getting a fair
price for their wares. Of course, it's accord
ing to their living standards and not ours."
Some crafts are from one family, while
others may come from a village or com
munity. One group of men, who make glass
spun birds and stars, pledged that they will
make improvements in the housing and
water systems in their village with the pro
fits they make from their products.
"There is definitely quality control, as
they realize their products are being sold in
other parts of the world, and they arc open
to suggestions for better packaging, better
gluing, etc.," commented Jones.
Currently the hours of Helping Hands
are Thursdays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Fri
day and Saturday 10 ajn. to 5 p.m.
Thus far, Helping Hands has sold over
$12,000 worth of items, which has helped
a number of individuals from around the
world who depend upon the sale of their
handcrafts as the major source of income
for their families.
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