Craft 2 INSPIRE was founded in 2011 to become a social enterprise committed to helping the ethnic minorities in Northwest Vietnam to improve their livelihood through a sustainable business model. We have initially started
as an endeavor to connect ethnic minority women with their customers by
promoting their unique, beautiful handicraft products. Since 2015, we has created C2i-CBT to develop community-based tourism in northwest Vietnam with the goal of involving all family members in generating incomes for their livelihood. With this participation, C2i-CBT aims to become a robust social enterprise in the ecosystem of Vietnamese social enterprises operating in the tourism sector through three components:
- C2i-CBT will be an investor who will get involved with the local households to help enhance their facilities to able to serve tourists. We would
offer the investment package of from 1,000USD to 2,000USD for each household
for their home-stay enhancement of basic needs that help make them qualified to
serve tourists (sanitation, meals serving area, mattress, etc).For
this role,we target to help 70 households in Ha Giang with the total
amount 140,000 USD capital needed to mobilize within 2 years
(2017-2018). The capital can be mobilized in the form of non-interest
loan/donation/investment.
- C2i-CBT will be a supporter who
helps strengthen the local communities' capacity through organize the
training courses of hospitality (welcoming, cleaning, cooking), English
class for local trekking tour guide. We also send coach to households
to guide them do the services in initial phase. For this component, we
will complete materials for different training courses and calling for
supporting funds and request the local reciprocal also.
- C2i-CBT will be a tour operator who would design tailor-made
tour packages to offer tourists. We promote and bring customers for the
households. We pay households based on the services provided
(accommodation, food, local trekking guide, traditional performance,
etc).
Trulyhagiang.com is one of the brand-name we created to focus on Ha Giang province area.