Cooperative Anzal for rugs

Carpet weaving in Morocco is, at present, a marginal business, with middlemen taking most of the profits. We, the weavers of Anzal, formed a cooperative (Cooperative Anzal), in 2018, to organize the selling of carpets in Anzal so that we might receive the profits of sales directly. Our cooperative’s main purpose is to function as an exchange of information and effort so that weavers are not forced to undersell their products to the owners of retail establishments. An important secondary purpose is to encourage and train younger artisans, and help them learn practices that will make their efforts more profitable.