As it is the mission of Faith Partners to help poor communities to overcome poverty and seek to improve the livelihood of the poor and the underprivileged by investing in strong and effective small businesses, FaithPartners decides to embark upon art & craft and card-selling businesses to help these marginalised people. This would involve field workers helping out in training, equipping, polishing up their skills and helping them to market their hand-made products so that they can earn a decent living. By actively seeking to help in the training and equipping of the project, Faithpartners hopes in the process, they would also experience life in all its fullness.
The Underprivilege People - Laloba
The Laloba people are an extremely underprivileged people group that inhabits the mountainous areas 2000 metres above sea-level in western Yunnan Province of China. Their average income is less than US$150 a year. While their language is an unwritten one, their great embroidery skill is passed down from generations to generations.
Through this project, Faithpartners hope that by making the embroidery of the Laloba marketable and profitable, these ladies would be able to eke out their living at home and need not leave their homes and children unattended.
Each product is specially hand-made by each Laloba lady and every product would be bearing their name individually. This is to instll in them the dignity of work and self esteem through working out a living vis-a-vis embroidery.
Art & Craft - Embroidery Product
To make this foot-print embroidery, a laloba lady would first sew a paper-cut flower loosely onto a cloth. She then follows the paper-cut pattern using "Satin Stitch" and "Long & Short Stitch" techniques to complete the embroidery. The border of the footprint also uses a unique Laloba stitch. This unique style of embroidery is usually employed in making ladies' shoes.
The following products are made by Cha Youkai, the first Laloba lady Faithpartners met. She has a 3 yr old daughter. Her husband makes a living transporting construction workers and goods using a truck which he purchased via borrowing money from relatives and friends. Cha Youkai is happy and hopeful that her embroidery would not only allow her to earn a living so as to provide for the family but also enable her to take care of her child as well.
Attached below are some of her embroidery works
Attached below are some of her embroidery works
The Marginalised People
Faithpartners seeks to help the poor and marginalised people located in villages via card-making business.
Card Making Livelihood Project
Picture 1: Whole family staying in one room learning to make greeting cards and cross-stitched cards to earn a living.
Pic2 : A deaf student whose mother is sick, learning to make greeting cards to earn some income to support his own study as well as to support his mother's medical expenses.
How You Can Help In This Project
FaithPartners does seek your assistance in the following ways :
A. Sale Of Art & Craft - Embroidery Product
The cost is as followed :
(1) L34cm x B28.5cm x H1 cm = S$25
(2) L32cm x B27cm x H1.5 cm = S$18
(3) L26cm x B22cm x H2.5cm = S$21
Various Designs You Can Choose (captions or wordings can be tailored to your wish) :
Design #001
Design #003
Design #005
B. Sale Of Hand-Made Greeting Cards
B-1 Assorted Greeting Card of 20 for only S$100
B-2 Coaster Design - Assorted Packet of 5 for S$15
B-3 Bundle Of 20 Greeting Cards (assorted) with Coasters (5 pcs) at only S$115
C. Custom Made Greeting Cards
We can also custom-make cards of your design. Just email your preferred design to us at
josephmary@faithpartners.asia with minimum order of 50 pieces. We will let you know the total cost.
