Code: 59976
Made In: Vietnam
£20.00
Set of three expertly hand-woven reed fibre baskets, one in natural and the others dyed brown and red. From an organisation in Vietnam working to improve the lives of disadvantaged families and minority communities. Made in Vietnam by Mai Crafts.
Fair Trade Producer Details Mai Handicrafts aims to find work for neglected families by selling Vietnamese fair trade Handicraft products to local and export markets, to customers that care about a fair wage & working conditions. Mai is an income generating and educational project for disadvantaged family and its members, particularly women and children.
Mai works not only to provide viable employment and/or effective training but also aims to promote self-reliance among disadvantaged families and ethnic minority communities in Southern Vietnam.
Other than the necessary re-investing cost, the profits from sales of these fair trade handicrafts are used to fund various social work activities. In the development context, Mai is exploring a model of social development in which social service should lead to economic self-reliance. The people involved: Single parent families and other disadvantaged families and their children. Individual young adults starting off in life.