Artisans of scarves and shawls

Arghand

The Arghand cooperative in Kandahar was founded in May 2005 by Sarah Chayes who lives in Afghanistan and spends most her time between Kabul and Kandahar. More about Arghand

Artisans from Myanmar

Myanmar has a strong tradition of weaving. Its many artisans have been long making the most beautiful handwoven silk fabrics and are also well known for their complex handwoven tribal cottons. More about Artisans from Myanmar

Atis Fanm Matènwa

Atis Fanm consists of a group of women from Matènwa, a rural village in the mountains of la Gonave, an island off the coast of Haiti. More about Atis Fanm Matènwa

Basha

Basha is a young Fairtrade organisation in Dhaka and Mymensing, Bangladesh. Its aim is to support underprivileged women in finding dignified employment. Basha's vision is to continue to grow as long a.. More about Basha

Caserita

Caserita works in a spirit of cooperation with their partners based on the principles of equity and solidarity that help improve quality of life for the artisans. More about Caserita

Cathy Ulos

Cathy lives at Sumatra, Indonesia. Ze has a little shop where she sells drinks and snacks and when it is quit she weaves scarves. Every scarf she makes is different. More about Cathy Ulos

Craft Village

Craft Village supports weaving families in the countryside of Cambodia by ordering and selling handwoven scarves and shawls. More about Craft Village

Equitable Marketing Association

The Equitable Marketing Association (EMA) is a fair trade organisation in the province West Bengal in the northeast of India. EMA was established in 1977 at the initiative of seven cooperatives. More about Equitable Marketing Association

Karenni artisans in Thailand

The Karen form a large tribal community in Thailand. The majority of the Karen people live in refugee camps in the mountains in the northwest of Thailand. They originate from Myanmar but had to flee f.. More about Karenni artisans in Thailand

Kelzang Wangmo

Many women in Bhutan have learned their excellent weaving skills at a very young age from their mothers. Only few countries show such an amount of exquisite weaving, and still appreciate this form of .. More about Kelzang Wangmo

Kimdo Pashmina

Kimdo Pashmina is an impressive family business in Kathmandu, Nepal. Daya Bir Sing Kanshakar, late father of currect owner Prakash Kanshakar, founded the social enterprise in 1959. The enterprise's go.. More about Kimdo Pashmina

Mulberries

Mulberries is a fair trade organisation in the northeast of Laos. Mulberries was established in 1994 by Kommaly Chanthavong and seeks to create opportunities and income for people in Laos. More about Mulberries

Ny Tanintsika

Ny Tanintsika (literally: Our Land / Our Earth) is a non-governmental organisation working for the conservation of nature in Madagascar. The organisation works together with villagers and farmers from.. More about Ny Tanintsika

Pa Daeng

The Pa Daeng weaving group is a very small group, consisting of six Thai grandmothers. The group was founded ten years ago by Pranorm, a Buddhist nun. More about Pa Daeng

Sabahar

Sabahar is a Fairtrade organisation in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. The organisation’s aim is to offer underprivileged women and men a sustainable income. At present Sabahar employs one hundred and twen.. More about Sabahar

Sana Hastakala

Sana Hastakala (meaning "Small Handicraft") is a nonprofit organisation in Kathmandu. The organisation markets the rich, traditional and artistic craftsmanship of small-scale producers. This way, it h.. More about Sana Hastakala

Village Works

Villageworks Cambodia was established in 2001 as a social enterprise. In 2015 they became certified members of the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO). Village Works takes great pride in carrying the.. More about Village Works

Vinita

Vinita is an artist in her fifties living in the northern part of Thailand. Because being an artist does not pay well, she now earns an income by dyeing silk scarves. More about Vinita

Weavers from Isan province

Some of the artisans that make our scarves we have not met in person. As we do not know their individual story, we refer to those artisans as ‘weavers from Isan Province’ without any further speci.. More about Weavers from Isan province

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