Craft Link promotes awareness of ethnic minority crafts and culture in Vietnam, helping small Vietnamese craft producers find opportunities to market their products. Your purchase helps preserve traditional Vietnamese craft skills while guaranteeing fair wages, safety, and social welfare for artisans. Begun in 1996 by NGOs interested in handicrafts, Craft Link sought to ensure everyone benefited from the improving Vietnamese economy. With the goal of generating income for the poor,... Craft Link promotes awareness of ethnic minority crafts and culture in Vietnam, helping small Vietnamese craft producers find opportunities to market their products. Your purchase helps preserve traditional Vietnamese craft skills while guaranteeing fair wages, safety, and social welfare for artisans. Begun in 1996 by NGOs interested in handicrafts, Craft Link sought to ensure everyone benefited from the improving Vietnamese economy. With the goal of generating income for the poor,...

I am Fatema Begum living in Village Birpolee of Boroil Union Parishad of Bogra district.  I was married to Abdus Sattar Akandh in 1988.  My mother-in-law used to work with Dhaka Handicraft.  After my marriage I learnt basket making from my mother-in-law.  I also started working for DH soon after I learnt how to make baskets.  I learnt it very well.  My mother-in-law died 5 years ago.  Unfortunately my husband... I am Fatema Begum living in Village Birpolee of Boroil Union Parishad of Bogra district.  I was married to Abdus Sattar Akandh in 1988.  My mother-in-law used to work with Dhaka Handicraft.  After my marriage I learnt basket making from my mother-in-law.  I also started working for DH soon after I learnt how to make baskets.  I learnt it very well.  My mother-in-law died 5 years ago.  Unfortunately my husband...

As a teenager, Pan Sreymom, needed to support her family, since both of her parents are blind. She began working in construction. “It was very difficult because it was away from my house, hard work, and low income,” she says.” In 2007, Pan was able to get a job at Rajana, where she now works as a cleaner, card maker, and a ceramicist. Now married with a baby, she is... As a teenager, Pan Sreymom, needed to support her family, since both of her parents are blind. She began working in construction. “It was very difficult because it was away from my house, hard work, and low income,” she says.” In 2007, Pan was able to get a job at Rajana, where she now works as a cleaner, card maker, and a ceramicist. Now married with a baby, she is...

Lili started working at UPAVIM in 2002. She was eight months pregnant with her fifth child when her husband was shot and killed just outside of the UPAVIM building. She was left a single mother with no way of supporting her growing family. Just after the death of her husband she started working at UPAVIM as a sewer. Her first months at UPAVIM were painfully difficult as she only made about $15 per month. As... Lili started working at UPAVIM in 2002. She was eight months pregnant with her fifth child when her husband was shot and killed just outside of the UPAVIM building. She was left a single mother with no way of supporting her growing family. Just after the death of her husband she started working at UPAVIM as a sewer. Her first months at UPAVIM were painfully difficult as she only made about $15 per month. As...

Seek The Peace (SEEK) is a grass-roots, peacebuilding organization working to foster a just and stable peace among war-torn and refugee communities. Candles are Hand poured in Dallas, Texas by refugee women, these candles represent both an economic empowerment initiative as well as a peacemaking initiative between women of different faiths. Meet Lilian. A mother, survivor and amazing cook. Lilian is an asylum seeker from Honduras who was separated from... Seek The Peace (SEEK) is a grass-roots, peacebuilding organization working to foster a just and stable peace among war-torn and refugee communities. Candles are Hand poured in Dallas, Texas by refugee women, these candles represent both an economic empowerment initiative as well as a peacemaking initiative between women of different faiths. Meet Lilian. A mother, survivor and amazing cook. Lilian is an asylum seeker from Honduras who was separated from...