Started in fall 1999, THREADS OF YUNNAN is a project designed to raise the standard of living of countryside people particularly women in Yunnan, China, while raising their self-esteem and helping to preserve their traditional handicrafts. Yunnan Arts has participated in this project and become a official partner since 2002, dedicating in improving quality of live of people in Yunnan by offering their opportunities to promote their unique embroideries.

The project now includes more than two hundred women from four different ethnic group. They are organized in small groups, each with a leader who receive special training and instruction, which they in turn, pass on to the group members.

Yunnan Arts continues to invest time and resources into THREADS OF YUNNAN and is actively working to expand into additional villages. Yunnan Arts is also working to develop international markets for the ethics products. At the same time customers around the world are given the opportunity to enjoy beautifully authentic Chinese works of art.

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