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Kitchen Trivet Sunflower STX-DK-SFT
$ 9.75
Felt sunflower trivet, 8″x8″ This fun felted trivet is great for adding simple beauty to your table. 8 inches round these make wonderful gifts and can even be used as a potholder. They can be washed in cold water and laid flat to dry. A truly functional piece of art!
Description
In the village of Kirtipur, Nepal, one brave woman aspired to educate her children and bring her family out of poverty. Her hard work and vision and her partnership with a Fair Trade organization changed her life, the life of her family & the lives of 60 other families in her village.
Laxmi Maharjan is a traditional weaver who never went to school but dreamed of sending her children to school. Raised in a culture that never allowed her to handle or control any of the money made from her craft, she understood that to be able to send her kids to school and pull her family out of poverty she needed to control the money from her work. In 1984 she discovered a Nepalese fair trade organization, The Association for Craft Producers (ACP), which would pay her directly for her work and help her set up a savings account. Now more than 30 years later her daughter and 2 sons have college educations… LEARN MORE>