Welcome to our global maker-to-market movement where, together with 20,000 artisans, we ignite social change. We create opportunities for individuals, families, and communities in developing countries to thrive through strong relationships, fair wages, safe working conditions, and sustainable practices.

Keep calm and clean up. Start with the clothes on the floor and put them right in the Calm Mood Hamper Basket. See? Better already. Women artisans in Bangladesh combine thin strands of mint green and white recycled plastic with bunches of kaisa grass to give a fresh touch to traditional baskets, and attach leather handles as a handsome addition. Dhaka Handicrafts partners with Ten Thousand Villages to create this unique basket and provide a fair wage to makers living in rural Bangladesh.
HANDCRAFTED IN BANGLADESH
SKU: 6612440

THE MAKERS
Dhaka Handicrafts is a craft producing and exporting organization that has expanded its business throughout the world on the basis of fair trade principles. The organization promotes craft products through enhancing the skills of rural artisans in Bangladesh. All products are produced after careful analysis of Western taste and demands in terms of design and materials. The primary goal is to maintain high quality products for which artisans are paid fairly. Dhaka Handicrafts deals with its artisans in a transparent manner, and seeks to improve their social and economic well-being. Self-reliance is encouraged through a savings plan for artisans. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from Dhaka Handicrafts since 1986.

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