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a visitor to a go to Portland I was asked a year
gig that featured the zimbabwe artists project
they're doing incredible work and Teresa burke's is with us
a the website is zimbabwe artists
pearl with an *** project .org zimbabwe artists project at work
or with an *** possessive and Teresa welcome to the program
thank you tom it's great to be
be here with you and and you are you are actually in Zimbabwe right now
I am great so tell us about the Zimbabwe are this project
what are you doing whole what we do
is we work with mamie women Rs
cue help them increase their arm
ability to sell their arts which well
then increase their self-sufficiency they can take care of themselves and
their families
arm and we also work with
yeah um arm on their healthcare
we do healthcare assistants and we have on education
assistance program only help children
have been or send in the area where we work which is an each engine Bob way in
an area called
way up how to a Zimbabwe is one of the poorest countries in the world this is
one of the
places to identify places a great need
how did the Zimbabwe artists project come about trees
well it started
or harm when 18 professor also theology
from Lewis and Clark College in Portland and named *** Adams whom he took a
group of students
cheese in bobsleigh and he met
the he heard about the artist and he met
with them and he was you know just
impressed with their arts and they do you are bored paintin
fabric paint embroidery and Apple keep up
techniques in and follow on
he met with them and some other students had stayed with some other
artist as host families during their stay there and he came back to Zimbabwe
three different times with all which the students and
on one of his visits ball artist said you published
sell our art in America and he said wall
I'll give it a try him that call the Zimbabwe arts project started that is
great can people at
zimbabwe artists project .org actually
Nov find art there and
so I'm sorry we but yet so I
and when I'm here in zimbabwe in I meet with the artist and I a purchase
I art from them we also work with the gentleman here
is and Bob Lee Ann and who works with
on our behalf with the artist year-round and
I so he is meeting with them
I so I'm here for about five weeks and then
he meets with them for the rest of the year and purchase their art
and send it to us that's absolutely marvelous so people can
can have access to this in the United States and support the project
Teresa burke's anything you'd like to add to research about this
I'm it just that
people should feel free to come to our website because we do have an online
gallery
people can actually CDR and read about artist and read about our
project and what we do and feel free to contact us
the email great we'd love to hear from people it's a Zimbabwe
artists project dot org
Teresa burt's teresa thank you very much thank you Tom thanks so much for being
with us in for the great work that you're doing
in for calling in from zimbabwe its extraordinary