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With cheerful colors and a fun design, the Daisy and Dots Canister looks as fresh as a, well, daisy! Use a few of these white ceramic canisters to keep your kitchen staples on standby. Makers in Vietnam paint each piece by hand. In the village of Bat Trang, long-renowned for its pottery traditions, fair trade partnerships ensure that women artisans earn sustainable incomes by practicing the art of their ancestors.
HANDCRAFTED IN VIETNAM
SKU: 5404790
THE MAKERS
Mai Vietnamese Handicrafts is a nonprofit organization that provides income generation and marketing services to Vietnamese artisans. Mai Handicrafts runs several craft production projects and markets the work of numerous other craft producers. During recent years, Mai Handicrafts has established itself as the primary marketing agent for artisans from neglected families and women. It practices a model of social development in which social service cannot be separated from economic self-reliance. Mai Handicrafts sales fund various community development activities, including clean water projects, vocational training equipment purchase and teacher wage subsidies. Mai Handicrafts artisans receive social and health insurance, and can apply for scholarship funds. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from Mai Handicrafts since 1994.
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