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Choose your favorite scented oil and soar to a more peaceful place with the help of the For the Birds Candle Diffuser. Simply add a spoonful or two of water and a few drops of your favorite essential oil to the bowl, light a tealight underneath and enjoy the gentle aroma and soft light. Featuring cut-out bird silhouettes, this candleholder was handcrafted by Cambodian ceramic artisans working with Rajana Association. Rajana is working to rebuild Cambodia's legacy of creativity and design, nearly lost to decades of war, by training young adults in traditional craft-making skills, and providing employment to producers who lack job opportunities.
HANDCRAFTED IN CAMBODIA
SKU: 5304400

THE MAKERS
The Rajana Association is a nonprofit organization for income generation and skills training, producing fair trade products using traditional Cambodian skills with contemporary designs. The name Rajana means "design" in Khmer. Rajana Association focuses on the rural and urban poor, and small producers of handicrafts. Rajana trains young Cambodians in traditional craft–making skills, as well as in accounting, marketing, computer courses and English. Through development of traditional craft–making skills, Rajana helps maintain and rebuild Cambodia’s rich cultural traditions, damaged in the country’s wars.Rajana Association began in 1995 as an income–generating project of the British nongovernmental organization Southeast Asian Outreach UK. Since 2000 Rajana has been owned and operated by Cambodians. Ten Thousand Villages has been purchasing from Rajana since 2007.

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