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Recycled Sari Round Placemat makes a beautiful spot to rest your dinnerplate—add a bit of color for that delicious evening. Handmade with recycled cotton sari fabric by artisans with Prokritee, an organization that provides jobs and skills training for women in under-resourced communities in Bangladesh.
HANDCRAFTED IN BANGLADESH
SKU: 6603930
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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