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Get ready to double up on style with the Anika Layered Necklace, straight from the creative minds of artisans with TARA Projects in India! This piece features a brass medallion on one chain and recycled sari beads on another, making it an eco-friendly accessory. Each necklace is meticulously handcrafted by skilled artisans with TARA Projects, one of the pioneering organizations in India in fair wages, nonformal education programs for children and women, health and environmental awareness and further development for its member artisans.
HANDCRAFTED IN INDIA
SKU: 6899580
THE MAKERS
TARA Projects stands for "Trade Alternative Reform Action." Working in a 125-mile radius of Delhi, TARA is a fair trade program for community development and business. The organization enables hundreds of artisans who create some of the major handicraft lines of North India to sell their products internationally. TARA is one of the pioneering Indian organizations in the field of fair wages, non formal education programs for children and women, health and environmental awareness and further development for its member artisans. Artisan benefits from TARA include medical insurance, interest-free loans and advances, a savings program and skills training. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from TARA since 1986.
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