Kantha Passport Bag / Neck Pouch
$12.6
$17.51
Description A versatile, flat shoulder bag with two zipped pockets and a skinny strap. This can be worn under your clothes, around your neck and is very useful for keeping your valuable and necessities safe while travelling! Lined with plain cotton, these passport bags are slightly padded so also great for sunglasses and phones. Size: 20 x 14cm Assorted fabrics – please get in touch if you have a colour preference. Made from assorted recycled fabrics by women in Bangladesh, usually using saris that have been cleaned, organised and upcycled. Each pouch bag is finished with strengthening kantha stitch – a traditional running stitch that is used in East India and Bangladesh. Community Crafts is a social development organisation and their primary aim is to improve the lives of destitute rural women in Saidpur, northern Bangladesh. They provide job opportunities and support so they can afford to send their children to school. Most of their products are almost exclusively made from three types of environmentally sustainable materials: jute, cotton & recycled fabric – usually sarees. They aim to adhere to fair trade principles by ensuring that we pay our producers a fair wage, protect the environment by using ecologically sound materials and are transparent and accountable to both our producers and buyers.
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