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Cat Nap Velvet Sleep Mask
Cat Nap Velvet Sleep Mask

Take a cue from our feline friends and have yourself a cat nap. Featuring a soft velvet backing, this sleep mask is constructed by makers working with Saidpur Enterprises in Bangladesh, which provides sustainable jobs for women who lack employment opportunities.

HANDCRAFTED IN BANGLADESH

  • Cotton front, velvet backing
  • 7.5Wx4H inches
  • Handmade in Bangladesh

SKU: 6613260

THE MAKERS

Saidpur Enterprises comprises two groups: Action Bag Handicrafts and Eastern Screen Printers. Its Action Bag subsidiary employs women artisans who make a variety of jute products. Some have husbands who are underemployed; others are widowed. Action Bag provides literacy classes, and training on nutrition, women's legal rights, educational awareness and finance. Following the 1971 war that established Bangladesh, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) started clinics and nutrition centers in Saidpur to help address food shortages and disease. In 1976 MCC began a program to help mothers of malnourished children coming to its nutrition center. This temporary employment program became Action Bag Handicrafts, and now supports artisans selling for the fair trade export market.
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