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Craft stories

Chut's story
Chut's story
Making baskets for Traidcraft has helped Vietnamese weaver, Chut, to buy food for her family.
 
Marcelo's story
Marcelo's story
Marcelo Baldemor joined Salay in 1994 and was taught crafting techniques. Now 45 and married with three children, he works for Salay as a home worker. "I dream of seeing my three children finish college," Marcelo says, and Salay is helping to make his dream a reality.
 
Rumi's story
Rumi's story
Rumi is one of several hundred women working for Swajan in Bangladesh, which supplies Traidcraft with embroidered cards. She lives in Dhaka with her husband, Rabiul Islam, and their two daughters, Orpa and Ohana. Thanks to the embroidery work for Swajan and her husband's grocery store, they are able to meet their bills and provide for their children. But just over three years ago their lives looked very different…
 
Toi's story
Toi's story
Working at the Thuy Kinh ceramics group is like being part of a family, according to Toi, who makes ceramics which are sold in the Traidcraft catalogue.