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Bamboo Placemat Set
Bamboo Placemat Set

Set the table, sustainably with a set of four bamboo placemats. In Vietnam, abundant, eco friendly bamboo is cut into fine strips, dyed deep blue and olive green and woven together using cotton thread and a time-honored technique. Save a place at your family's table for a traditional craft bringing opportunity to a new generation of Vietnamese makers.

HANDCRAFTED IN VIETNAM

  • Placemats handwoven from blue- and olive-dyed bamoboo strips and cotton thread
  • Set of 4, bundled and tied
  • 15Lx13W inches
  • Wipe with damp cloth to clean
  • Handmade in Vietnam

SKU: 5409650

THE MAKERS

Craft Link, a nonprofit organization, works with Vietnamese artisans to generate income, with a focus on ethnic minorities and artisans with disabilities. Craft Link also markets products from traditional Vietnamese handicraft villages. Craft Link helps artisan groups design new products, develop marketing opportunities, sells artisans' handicrafts locally, and exports their handicrafts to fair trade organizations and commercial companies around the world.The organization's goals include cultural preservation, public education on traditional handicraft, income generation for small-scale Vietnamese artisans and acquiring new markets. Artisans working with Craft Link receive tools, interest-free loans, education, training and literacy classes. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from Craft Link since 2000.
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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.

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