Local Women's Handicrafts WE Center
In 2017 the heavy monsoon rains caused the destruction of houses, crops, and livestock across Nepal. In the Terai region, rural communities are extremely vulnerable to drought and floods. They are very poor and do not have access to jobs or a cash economy. Women are often married very young and do not have any rights or access to education.
In August and September, Local Women’s Handicraft provided 200 families in desperate need with aid packages. However, long-term recovery is needed to rebuild homes and livelihoods. Local Women’s Handicrafts is working with villages in the Terai to build economic empowerment. We are a fair trade textile and handicraft collective in Kathmandu Nepal focused on empowering and educating disadvantaged women using sustainable methods.
Similar to our workshop and training center in Kathmandu, we are building a workshop and training center in the village of Goganpor in the Terai where communities have been badly impacted by recent floods. We will support women to develop skills in textiles so they can earn a fair wage with fair working conditions as well as community education in sanitation, health, and social issues.
Women in the village told us that they are very happy about the new center because it gives them hope and opportunity. The community has found the land for the workshop. Now we need your help
Local Women's Handicrafts - International Womens Day 2017
A celebration of IWD 2017 and a call for equal rights for women.
Video credit to our friend Julie Tritschler
What is Local Women's Handicrafts
Local Women's Handicrafts (LWH), a Fair
Trade sewing collective in Kathmandu. LWH empowers disadvantaged women living in poverty, violence, and
trauma by providing two to four years of paid training in eight disciplines of sustainable clothing and jewelry design
Making of Nepali Dhaka Shawl by Local Women | Handicrafts in Nepal
Nepali Dhaka shawl is typical handmade souvenirs that you can buy for your loved ones. This Dhaka shawl has a unique and traditional design.
The Material used in this shawl is 100% Pure Dhaka. The whole shawl is made by traditional Gharelu Taan.
This shawl is soft in touch and stretchy. You can actually feel the design or pattern.
For more information:
Business Queries: handicraftsinnepal@gmail.com
Nepali woman, busy in assembling her shop
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Nepalese Women making Thunse HandiCraft-worker in Nepal
These women works as a HandiCraft artisan in Pokhara, city of Nepal.
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Local Women's Handicraft - Sanitary Pad Donation Drive, 2017
A short documentary on Local Women's Handicraft, a Kathmandu, Nepal based organization. This follows their 2017 sanitary pad donation and education scheme around the country, supported by SWieb (NL).
Indigenous knowledge and skills: Dhakiya making in Rupandehi
The Tharus are an ethnic group inhabiting various parts of Nepal. The Tharu women of Rupandehi and Kapilvastu are skilled craftswomen in the art of weaving baskets and containers known as Dhakiya, Jhapiya, Dalawa, kade from the locally found grass called Mooch and Kaas.
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OFFERINGS Save Local Women's Handicrafts SHORT
Go to igg.me/at/nasreen
This video is part of a indiegogo campaign running from
5.6.14 - 6.5.14 to help raise funds for a eco building project in Nepal.
The building will house the ladies and children who are part of Local Women's Handicrafts, a Fair Trade sewing collective focused on supporting and liberating women in their progress towards equal rights in Nepal.
It will also serve as their workshop for the production of their handmade goods, in addition to offering the collective the opportunity of autonomy within this space.
Footage: Falon Stoval (Sköll Photography)
Edit: Ben Leavitt
Music: Buried in teethe by Marie Sioux
OFFERINGS Save Local Women's Handicrafts LONG
Go to igg.me/at/nasreen
This video is part of a indiegogo campaign running from
5.6.14 - 6.5.14 to help raise funds for a eco building project in Nepal.
The building will house the ladies and children who are part of Local Women's Handicrafts, a Fair Trade sewing collective focused on supporting and liberating women in their progress towards equal rights in Nepal.
It will also serve as their workshop for the production of their handmade goods, in addition to offering the collective the opportunity of autonomy within this space.
Footage: Falon Stoval (Sköll Photography)
Edit: Ben Leavitt
Music: Buried in teethe by Marie Sioux
The Story of Nilu - Stories of Being Me - Episode 7 (Kathmandu)
Discuss what you think about Nilu's story (Episode 7 - Kathmandu) of Stories of Being Me at the BE web-app:
Using the visual richness of Kathmandu as her backdrop filmmaker Nilu Sherpa explores the universality of love with the help of some of Nepal's leading women.
Lokta PaperMaking Project - Generating Income for the Women of Nangi, Nepal
From collecting the bark to binding the book
In Nepal, people have been making Lokta paper for centuries. The Papermaking Center (Est. 2005) in Nangi, Nepal is just one of the income generating programs that benefit the prosperity of the Himanchal School as well as the local people of remote village. To date, the Center has created jobs for 8 women of the impoverished village.
This informational video was created to assist the efforts of humanitarian Mahabir Pun and The Himanchal Education Foundation. The purpose of highlighting these projects is to show Nepal, other third world countries, and the world ways of overcoming geographic isolation, poverty, and an unstable government. With creative ambition and the use of local resources, possibilities prove to be unstoppable.
Watch the process unfold as we follow 4 of the workers into the forest. It is an intimidating scene as several women carry sickle knives at their side. Upon locating suitable shrubs, they begin hacking away, but with impressive precision. The Papermaking video is a small taste of our experience in Nepal, as we continue production on The Himalayan Gap documentary.
For inquiries on buying books or paper sheets contact: jane@himanchal.org or chitra@himanchal.org
For more information on The Himalayan Gap Project and the Himanchal Education Foundation visit:
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Reusable Shopping Bag
Plastic bags and packages are among the most common and though most polluting plastic items in our world, we meet them at every corner of our daily life. Even though the government has banned plastic bags in the Kathmandu Valley, the reality looks different and few people actively take action in banning them. By trying to avoid plastic bags, we make bags out of recycled sari pieces
HappyHer // Woven
New Episode!!
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In this week’s episode, the girls are ready to explore their next sustainable travel destination in Nepal. Upon arriving in Pokhara, Lindsey and Cornelia discover Women’s Skills Development Organization:Woven. A local store that produces handmade products including wallets, bags, blankets, purses and much more!!
Woven sells their products not only in Nepal but across the globe. The products Woven produces and their fair trade practises were so beautifully done that a visit to their local factory was a must!
Watch this week’s episode to learn more about the fair trade industry and what this incredible organization is doing to support women of Nepal.
Here is a link to their organization and store below. You’re sure to find some things you’ll love:)
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Pregnant women vulnerable after Nepal quake
Doctors say several women in Nepal had miscarriages following the deadly earthquake. They are emphasising the need to keep a close eye on their pregnant patients due to increased stress levels.
Al Jazeera's Faiz Jamil reports from Kathmandu.
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Life in Nepal, December 2017 - 18
A village woman making Dhaka, a traditional Nepalese homemade fabric which is used for clothes making, Kathmandu, Nepal. Khotang District. December 2017. Support People of Nepal through Trade on thirdworldtraid.com
Handicrafts In Nepal | Nepalese Handicrafts
Handicrafts In Nepal | Nepalese Handicrafts
The small-scale, hand manufacture of goods. Handicrafts were the predominant form of production until the appearance of large-scale machine industry, with which they coexist, although they have lost much of their former importance. The characteristics of handicrafts are the use of simple implements of labor; the decisive importance of the artisan’s skill, which makes possible the production of high-quality, artistic goods; and small-scale production, in which the artisan works alone or with an extremely limited number of assistants.
Nepalese handicrafts and the temples with fabulous wood carving make my time worthwhile.
Especially, obtaining the authentic and local handicraft gives us the pleasure, nowhere to be found. In Nepal, especially in Kathmandu valley, the tradition of craftsmanship is still preserved, thanks to the close-knit Newar (Indo-Burmic in origin believed to be natives of Kathmandu valley) communities who have been practicing it since many centuries. So, there is still the chance to feel the originality and the local-ness in the variety of handicrafts.
Basically, handimade crafts in Nepal can be divided into two main categories viz. textile handicrafts and non-textile handicrafts. The details of these categories are what I intend to describe in this article.
Textile products
It includes, along with pashmina, wool, Dhaka (one kind of local textile), hemp products, also (nettle fiber), felt, silk, and cotton goods. These materials are extensively used to prepare the clothes, bags, jackets, shawls, trousers and so forth.
Non-textile handicrafts
It consists of woodcraft, stone craft, metal craft, silver jewelry, leather goods, thangka/paubha (religion-based paintings), bone and horn products, handmade paper products, incense, ceramics items, bamboo products, and plastic items.
Nepalese craft fair
Nepalese craft fair is been organised by Praana Pvt.Ltd and Legendary Event at Thamel Park Hotel for supporting Nepalese craftsman, Local Artisan and local farmers. We are providing sustainable and equitable platform for fare trade and transparency.
Menstruation Taboo Nepal
In Nepal, women are considered impure when they are menstruating. 1 girl out of 5 doesn't go to school when she is bleeding. Some of them cannot go to the temple, the kitchen, eat fruits or even touch their family. Others have to stay alone in huts really far from the house.
In Western Nepal, the situation is terrible. Two young women died in november and december 2016 while they were staying alone in their menstruation huts.
Education is the key to eradicate this taboo and Local Women's Handicrafts is doing an amazing job. They go to schools in rural areas to distribute reusable sanitary pads and teach girls about menstruation.
But without the sponsors, NOTHING is possible.
* YOU CAN MAKE A CHANGE *
3 types of sanitary kits from 5$ to 20$ are given to girls. The distribution at a local school starts with 50 kits. You can donate the amount you want on :
WSDO - How it's made?
A commercial video for WSDO - How it's made?
Women's Skill Development Organization in Pokhara is a Fair Trade Organization with an income-generating programs for economically disadvantaged, disabled, abused, widowed, divorced, single and untouchables rural women in Nepal since 1975. WSDO gives them free professional training and after training is complete, making job opportunities available to help women to become their own parents.