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Kantha Stitch Sari Bag
Kantha Stitch Sari Bag
Colorful patchwork patterns, attractively pieced with traditional kantha stitching. Kantha Stitch Sari Bags are each unique, handcrafted from recycled sari fabric. A Ten Thousand Villages design exclusive. From Action Bag Handicrafts, employing women and providing classes on literacy, nutrition and legal rights.

HANDCRAFTED IN BANGLADESH

  • Cotton sari cloth
  • Assorted colors and patterns; each is unique.
  • 13"W x 9"H with 9"L handles
  • Made in Bangladesh

SKU: 6613070

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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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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