SANA HASTAKALA Nepal
The fair trade organisation Sana Hastakala was established in 1989 with support of UNICEF to promote and sell Nepalese handicrafts. Within two years it became self-sufficient and has grown steadily...
Artisans
SANG ARUN Thailand
Sang Arun is a ceramics workshop in the city of Lampang in the north of Thailand, which mainly produces tableware and decorative objects. The region has long been famous far...
VILLAGEWORKS Cambodia
Villageworks Cambodia was founded in 2001 as a social enterprise and is based in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Villageworks' self-declared mission: to support vulnerable and marginalized groups by...
HOLY LAND HANDICRAFT COOPERATIVE SOCIETY Palestine
Holy Land Handicraft Cooperative Society (HLHCS) is based in Beit Sahour, a town east of Bethlehem in the West Bank with a population of around 15,400. The fair-trade organization was...
MILAD ZAMANI WORKSHOP Afghanistan
Current global reporting on Afghanistan is dominated by conflict and crisis, underrepresenting the cultural diversity and richness of the country, especially in relation to its century-old craftmanship. The history of...
SASHA ASSOCIATION FOR CRAFT PRODUCERS India
Sasha Association for Craft Producers (SACP) is a Kolkata-based not-for-profit craft development & marketing organisation for crafts people and producers from all over India. The organisation is part of the...
DEW CRAFTS
Bangladesh
DEW (Development Wheel) is a non-governmental organization (NGO), with its head office in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Further offices are in Mymensingh, Netrokona, Jamalpur, Savar and Jessore. As a...
FAIR GIFT
India
It is the declared goal of the Indian fair trade organisation Fair Gift to increase the awareness of fair trade and to expand the market for Indian handicrafts. Founded in...
ALLPA
Peru
ALLPA is a Peruvian export company with its headquarter in Lima. The company works with around 700 families, most of them running their own workshops and producing jewellery as well...
YADAWEE
Egypt
The fair trade organization Yadawee was founded in 2003 by Hisham El Gazzar and Tarek Sheta, with the mission to promote and export Egyptian handicrafts. The organization works together with...
WAYUU
Colombia
According to the myths of the Wayuu, they received textile craftsmanship as a gift from the gods. A young hunter finds an orphan in the wilderness. Out of compassion...
TWA PEOPLE
Rwanda
The Twa People are one of Rwandas oldest ethnic groups, which originally lived as hunters and gatherers in the mountain forests in associations with agricultural villages. As the forest areas...