Offer: Eco-friendly, handmade, fair trade fashion and home decor from rural Thailand and Laos
by tammachat | June 6, 2009 at 3:10 AM | Marketplace
We have a fair trade social enterprise based in Canada, TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles, that has fair trade relationships with rural women's weaving groups and development projects that work with village groups in Thailand and Laos. Each year we spend 4 months visiting groups, deepening our relationships, learning from each other and buying the beautiful, handwoven textiles they produce.
What: Eco-friendly, fair trade fashion & home decor from rural Thailand & Laos. Handmade. Timeless. Helping women artisans. (silks, cottons, hemp and peeled skin of bamboo, made into silk scarves, fabric, silk squares for quilters and other fibre artists, organic cotton sunhats for kids and adults, bags and more)
Where: Online Shop and local textile shows we organize
Critical to us: to tell the stories of the women behind these textiles
How: on our Artisans page and Travel Blog
Visit our website for more info. Tell your friends. Visit TAMMACHAT on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Comments
fair trade partnership
Hi Tammachat,
I please to learn of the wonderful work you are doing to improve the wellbeing and safeguard the livelihood of marginalized women in Thailand.
We are a fair trade org.based in Cameroon and we are seeking fair trade buyers for our range of fairly traded products produced by our women groups .This products include basketry ,music instruments ,textile etc.
We look forward to network and partner with you to get in to contact with you and other fair trade buyers in Canada.
Best regards
Erica
CEO NDOPCRAFT
Cameroon crafts
Hi, Erica. We only work with women's groups in Thailand and Laos, but I will give your information to a friend who imports fair trade textiles and beaded jewellery from South Africa. She may be interested. Do you have a website or email address I can give her?
Best,
Ellen
TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles
handwoven beauty ~ fairly traded
Ellen Agger & Alleson Kase
51 Main St., Mahone Bay, NS B0J 2E0 Canada
Tel: 902-624-0427
Web: www.tammachat.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tammachat
FAIR TARDE COOPERATION
Hi Tammachat,
I am delighted to learn of your interest , to propose our fair trade org , to an importer based in Canada.Although you do not import from Africa we will be grateful to get into contact with importers of fair trade products in Canada.
I will be pleased should send our email address to the importer and other importers you know.Our website is under construction
We look forward to working with you in this direction.
Best regards
Mrs. ERICA DJIMO GABE
CEO NDOPCRAFT
tel 237 97 26 26 05
cameroon
My contact in Canada
Hi. I sent your information to my contact in Canada who imports textiles and beaded jewellery from women's empowerment groups in South Africa. Right now, she is not able to take more work, but she will follow up if she finds that she can find new groups to buy from.
Best wishes with your work.
Ellen
TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles
handwoven beauty ~ fairly traded
Ellen Agger & Alleson Kase
51 Main St., Mahone Bay, NS B0J 2E0 Canada
Tel: 902-624-0427
Web: www.tammachat.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tammachat
COOPERATION
Hi Ellen,
Its a great pleasure to learn of your commitment to , to enable us contact buyers in Canada for our products.Thanks for the prompt response.
Hope you can support our course in any way you think fit for you and your friends.
As a fair trade campaigning org. we equally organize campaigns and advocacy for issues facing humanity. fair trade ,hiv/aids,gender and environment.
Hop you can support our course at your will.
BEST REGARDS
ERICA