The Eyelashes Program
in Da Lat
The Cils (or Si La , according to some spellings) are one of the 54 officially recognized ethnic groups in Vietnam. They are few in number and live mainly in the province of Lâm Đồng , around the city of Da Lat , particularly in the village of Dung Kno .
Approach
slow fashion
The cooperative created by Opportunity for Women operates in a slow fashion approach, the cooperative dyes cotton (local supplier) from plants and ancestral recipes, then weaves it by hand using the backstrap method : no loom, just pieces of wood (backstrap weaving)!
Remuneration
just
As in all Opportunity for Women weaving programs, weavers are paid per order following an assessment of the production time for each step and the average local wage.