Fair Trade Cotton Shoulder Bag with Dark Pink and Cream

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Attractive, eco-friendly Fair Trade cotton shoulder bag in brown with dark pink and cream striped sections. The cotton is 100% handwoven.

It has 2 strong, fixed length handles and a zipped top with velcro fastened flap. Inside there is a single compartment which is fully lined with dark pink cotton. The 2 front pockets are fastened with velcro.

The bag has been hand dyed using naturally occuring dyes from local plants and minerals, such as pomegranate.

Please note: this bag is hand washable and needs to be dried away from direct sunlight.

This Fair Trade cotton shoulder bag is a handloom product and was hand woven in Pokhara, Nepal.

Dimensions - width 30 cm  x  height 30 cm  x  depth 12 cm.  The handles have a drop of 26 cm approx.

The Women's Skills Development Project located in Pokhara, Nepal was established and registered at 1975, which was declared International Women's Year by the United Nations.

It is a non-profit and non-government supported organization that is completely self-sufficient.  Their primary objective is to provide handicraft-related skills training to poor, misfortunate Nepalese women, so that they may become self-supportive. The women being trained come from a wide variety of social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds. Many of them come from the rural villages and have been widowed, divorced, handicapped, abused, or are treated as "untouchable caste" women. 

After arriving at the Women's Skills Development Project, the women are provided training in the following disciplines: material cutting, sewing, weaving, dying, business management, and various other skills related to handicraft production. The Project has been able to provide hundreds of women with the vocational skills necessary to become self-reliant.  

Currently, there are approximately 200 women employees many of whom participate in classes in health awareness and English language which are provided by local and foreign volunteers. To help with family commitments, the women are able to take away ready-dyed materials in order to be able to work from home. 

Our striking Brown Cotton Shoulder Bag with Dark Pink and Cream Stripes was hand woven by artisans at The Women`s Skills Development Project.