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Whether you're headed to the beach, running errands, or enjoying a day out with friends, our Round Sari Jute Shoulder Bag is the perfect complement to your outfit, effortlessly stylish and sustainable. Handcrafted in small batches with recycled sari by artisans with Corr-The Jute Works, a women's nonprofit with 4,000 rural artisans across 154 workshops. One of the country's largest exporters of handicrafts, it is member-owned and operated. By purchasing this piece, you become part of the story, helping break the generational poverty cycle.
HANDCRAFTED IN BANGLADESH
SKU: 6601480
THE MAKERS
CORR stands for Christian Organization for Relief and Rehabilitation. Corr–The Jute Works is a women’s nonprofit handicraft marketing trust and exporter of quality handicrafts. Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, The Jute Works represents more than 4,000 rural women artisans in 154 workshops. The Jute Works strives to empower rural women through handicraft production, animal husbandry and small job creation projects. The group works with women regardless of caste, creed and race. It provides job training, develops leadership skills and generates awareness of the women’s plight. It promotes thrift, self–help and democratic practice among the women’s handicraft groups. Members share ownership, participate in decision-making and receive the benefits of surplus production. The Jute Works is one of Bangladesh’s largest exporter of handicrafts. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from The Jute Works since 1974.
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