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Rwanga Foundation holds Handmade Bazaar in Sulaimani Governate

Friday, July 29, 2022 8:32 PM

 

Sulaimani, KRI (July 28-29, 2022) - A Handmade bazaar was held in Majidi Mall Sulaimani by Rwanga Foundation for two days to support the local handmade brands in Kurdistan and Iraq. 22 local art and craft handmade brands participated in the bazaar.

 

The bazaar started on Thursday and till the end of Friday, twenty-two handmade brands participated to present their products to people. The participating twenty-two brands included diverse categories from local art and handmade crafts. Three handmade bazaars were previously organized by Rwanga Foundation as part of the same project, and this bazaar is planned to be held in other cities as well.

 

A group of Three of the previous Rwanga Awards’s winners called Trio Band participated in the bazaar with a music performance the previous winners were:

-          Rozhyar Luqman

-          Zhyar Luqman

-          Safeen Muhammad

 

 

Iraq Handmade is an application developed by Rwanga Foundation for supporting local handmade products. The project provides a way for people to sell their handmade products easily and to present them to people everywhere while remaining safe and protected in their homes and maintaining and improving local products in domestic markets. The project could also contribute to decreasing the unemployment rate by promoting home-based jobs and boosting the local economy.

 

The project acts as an online shop that collects and sells different types of handmade products made by the hands of different young Iraqi business owners on one platform and application. The application is currently supporting 112 handmade businesses and it’s available on both iOS and Android systems:

 

You can now visit the platform or install the application through the below links:

Platform: iraqhandmade.com

iOS link

Android link