http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/3548 Comments for "The Streetwires Project" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/3548 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Streetwires<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.streetwires.co.za" TARGET="_blank">http://www.streetwires.co.za</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> <div align="left"><img src="http://www.streetwires.co.za/inner/press_pic.jpg" border="0" width="133" height="108" align="left" />Started in 2000 with two artists and three founders, <a href="http://www.streetwires.co.za/" target="_blank">Streetwires</a> is a business with a social mission that is tackling the problems of unemployment and poverty in South Africa head on. Focusing on the unique and dynamic <a href="http://www.streetwires.co.za/main.htm?PageID=origions" target="_blank">genre of wire art</a>, the project is providing the skills training, support and raw materials necessary to enable over 100 formerly unemployed men and women to channel their natural creative energies into this vibrant art form. Using the core tenets of upliftment, sustainability and innovation as their guide, Streetwires is seeking to create a microcosm of what they are striving for in South Africa - individuals, taking responsibility for their destiny, bringing their diverse skills together and working to build their future and the future of the country they love.<span style="font-weight: bold"><br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/3548">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/3548#comment Business Development Activity Consumer Products Activity Miscellaneous Activity Active For-profit Activity Private Investment Funded Producer South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:24:31 -0500 Seema Patel 3548 at http://www.nextbillion.net