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Craft stories

GPI making garlands
I can educate my children – Radha’s story
Radha Lama has never been to school, so she is proud that for more than 18 years she has been working at Get Paper Industries in Nepal, which makes handmade paper products for Traidcraft.
 
Batsiranai doll
Working together - the Batsiranai story
When is a doll more than a gift or plaything? When it’s from Batsiranai.
 
Jayasri
Jayaraman and Jaya’s story
Husband and wife Jayaraman and Jaya not only work at the pottery but their five-year-old daughter, Jayasri, attends the pottery’s school next door.
 
Sirci and Luciana
Sirci and Alberto's story
Sirci Marquez and her husband, Alberto, have made a successful life for themselves through their ceramics workshop just outside Lima, but they have never forgotten the life and the people that they left behind.
 
Jagwati
Jagwati's story
Checking Traidcraft orders at Tara Projects in Delhi not only provides Jagwati with a fair wage, but with pleasant working conditions.
 
Duyen
Vy and Duyen's story
Producing products like the cat tape measures sold by Traidcraft provides valuable employment, with five people involved in creating each one.