Turquoise Mountain

Protecting heritage and communities at risk to provide jobs, education and a renewed sense of pride.

The Monsoon Accessorize Trust has supported Turquoise Mountain, a charity founded by HM King Charles III, for over a decade. Turquoise Mountain's mission is to support artisans where they and their heritage are under threat - decade. Turquoise Mountain's mission is to support artisans where they and their heritage are under threat - and the Monsoon Accessorize Trust have supported this with a series of grants and collaborations for artisan jewellers and weavers, as well as their families and communities, in Afghanistan and Myanmar. Project highlights have included launching a silversmithing workshop and apprenticeship programme in Myanmar, and more recently a programme in the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan's central highlands. In addition to supporting two community centres for hundreds of talented Afghan carpetweavers and their families, the Monsoon Accessorize Trust also launched an emergency appeal during the challenging winter of 2021 to provide food and heating supplies to weaver families in urgent need. With a shared focus on craft, heritage, and community, this collaboration and partnership between Turquoise Mountain and focus on craft, heritage, and community, this collaboration and partnership between Turquoise Mountain and Monsoon has had a huge impact for hundreds of talented young people and families across Afghanistan and Myanmar - and a next three-year phase of partnership in Afghanistan has just entered its second year and is creating opportunities for many more.