Akha Handcrafts Gallery and Sales
Rescue Mission For Children is committed to supporting our older girls to maintain their cultural heritage and pass on their knowledge to our younger girls. Learning how to sew traditional embroidery is an important part of Hill Tribe culture for girls.
This page gives you the opportunity to get to know our girls, view their beautiful handcraft, have a piece to treasure and know your purchase is empowering these girls.
Hill tribe embroidery is a means of identification,with designs and colours representing the tribe the wearer comes from. Techniques and patterns are unique within groups, sometimes within villages and even families. These traditions have been passed down for generations.
This micro enterprise has been established in order to generate personal income for our girls, to protect them from the push and pull factors that exploit vulnerable girls and pressure them to give up their education and safety for income.
Busoh is an Akha girl aged 12 years , pursuing her education, she is in Year 4, a bright student and hopes to become a Teacher. Busoh is with her older sister at Rescue Mission as they were both at high risk of abuse and harm. Busoh has a bright future now and is thankful for her opportunities. .
Boothi is 14 years old, in Year 6 and her dream is to become a doctor to provide health care denied to Akha families living in poverty. She was vulnerable to human traffickers living in a rural village with no school, health care or protection.
Agu has determination to gain a bright future through education, she is 12 years old and in Year 6. Agu and all the girls are Stateless, but we have a lawyer working pro bono to apply for Thai citizenship which will realise her dream to become a teacher.
Deborah is a 12 year old Akha girl, in Year 4 , thankful to Rescue Mission for Children for providing a safe and caring home for her. Deborah loves to embroider Akha handcrafts.
Mali is 12 years old, her embroidery skills are exceptional, her style is different as the majority of the girls come from Myanmar and Mali comes from an Akha village within Thailand. Her single mother has mental problems and cannot care for Mali, her sister and brother. Mali dreams to be a nurse.
Meega is a 12 year old Akha girl from Myanmar who has experienced extreme poverty, scavenging for food, no sanitation, no home or access to school. As a Stateless person she has no rights in any country but through Rescue Mission for Children she will apply for Thai citizenship.
Asoom is 12 years old from a remote part of Myanmar, she and her younger sister were at extreme risk from child labour and trafficking, their mother had died, their father is an opium addict who could not provide food, a home or basic care.
Apoh is a 12 year old Akha girl from Myanmar who is in Year 5, she has been at Rescue Mission for Children for 6 years as her home is not a safe place for many reasons. Four of her siblings have died from preventable disease and as a Stateless child she has no access to medical care.
Purchase Akha Handcrafts
Your purchase is funding education and protection for vulnerable Hill Tribe girls and each purchase comes with a photo and thank you note.
** Please note postage cost is extra and will be requested on a per order basis before delivery, thank you for your understanding.
32x44 cm Frame
$30
Made by Agu
32 x 44 cm Frame
$30
Made by Deborah
37 x 29 cm Frame
SOLD
Made by Moeylan
37 x 29 cm Frame
SOLD
Made by Meega
42 x 22 cm Frame
SOLD
Made by Multiple Girls
42 x 22 cm Frame
SOLD
Made by Multiple Girls
42 x 22 cm Frame
SOLD
Made by Multiple Girls
42 x 22 cm Frame
SOLD
Made by Multiple Girls
27 x 27 cm Frame
$20
Made by Busah
22 x 17 cm Frame
SOLD
Made by Moeylan
22 x 17 cm Frame
SOLD
Made by Asoom
33 x 28 cm Ornate Frame
$20
Made by Apoh
36 x 28 cm Timber Frame
$20
Made by Mali
32 x 28 xm Boxed Frame
SOLD
Made by Meega
22 x 27 cm Frame
$15
Made by Busoh
Akha Bags
sold
Made by Multiple Girls