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A penny saved is a penny earned! Keep your kitty in the hand-embroidered Colorful Cats Coin Purse. Made from upcycled denim, this cute zippered purse was created by the artisans of Prokritee in Bangladesh. Located mainly in rural areas across Bangladesh, small workshops offer safe working conditions and source locally available materials, so that families can stay together in their home villages, rather than migrating to urban areas in search of jobs.
HANDCRAFTED IN BANGLADESH
SKU: 6610180
THE MAKERS
This women-led enterprise is dedicated to creating safe, sustainable jobs for women in rural Bangladesh who seek to improve their livelihood. With the goal of self-reliance, Prokritee uses handcraft skills to transform low-income communities into ones that grow generational prosperity. Prokritee means “nature” in Bengali. They are expert environmentalists, keeping waste out of landfills and waterways by using renewable materials and methods including recycled sari fabric, eco-friendly dyes, and their award-winning tree-free water hyacinth paper.
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