Category Archives: Artisans
Support Human Trafficking Victims through WorldCrafts
Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world today. In recognition of this immense problem, January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and National Human Trafficking Awareness Day is observed January 11. This January, you can join WorldCrafts in supporting human trafficking victims like Pinki. Pinki arrived at Love Calcutta […]
Merry Christmas from the WorldCrafts Family!
May this Christmas be full of peace and blessings for you and your family. Here at WorldCrafts we’re celebrating the most joyful time of the year by spreading some extra holiday cheer. Every purchase you make through WorldCrafts brings transformation to artisans around the world. In this beautiful season, we here at WorldCrafts want to […]
Master’s Handicrafts: Making an Impact in Kyrgyzstan
The cultural and artistic traditions of Central Asia have been preserved through the generations as women work together with their mothers and grandmothers creating masterful crafts. Artisans at Master’s Handicrafts in Kyrgyzstan have skillfully crafted each item out of natural felt that is hand dyed. These items are as varied as the women who make […]
Channapatna Handicrafts: Making an Impact in India
WorldCrafts artisan partner Channapatna Handicrafts in India employs artisans skilled in lac-turney, a woodworking craft protected as a geographical indication under the World Trade Organization. The Impact of Channapatna Handicrafts The skill of lac-turney has been handed down in this region of India for many years. The craft began to dwindle in India due to […]
Hill Top Crafts: Purposeful Purses
Years ago, a representative with our new artisan group Hill Top Crafts visited Thailand. While there, she met a group of ladies making traditional Hmong crafts. Their group was named Hill Top. “I visited the location in Thailand where these women worked,” she says. “I thought they were going to be creating typical Hmong crafts, […]
Introducing Bidri Ware: An Ancient Handicraft
In a small southern India town, Bidar, the community still practices an ancient handicraft dating back to the 14th century: bidriware. “Bidriware is made from a mix of zinc and copper inlaid with thin sheets of silver,” a representative with Bidri Ware, a new WorldCrafts artisan group, says. For many in India, a better future […]
Pray for WorldCrafts Artisans
We have all been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. WorldCrafts artisan leaders from Kyrgyzstan to Louisiana have shared how artisans have been impacted. Your prayers make a difference. In the midst of this crisis, please join us in prayer for our brothers and sisters around the world. Here are three specific prayers to pray for […]
Rahab’s Rope: Mending Broken Lives
Ananya’s* life was forever changed when WorldCrafts’ artisan group Rahab’s Rope rescued her and provided a safe and loving environment. Rahab’s Rope has a bold mission: to give hope and opportunity to women and girls who are at risk or who have been forced into the sex trade in India. Their vision is to see lives […]
Handmade Sari Products from India!
In cities such as Kolkata (Calcutta), India, many women live in the slums. Finding a job is difficult, if not impossible, with their background and limited education. WorldCrafts partners with 3 artisan groups in Kolkata, India, who transform soft, cotton, recycled saris into beautiful notebooks, blankets, and scarves. The pieces feature the traditional running pick-stitched […]
Blessed Hope: Providing Lasting Hope to Women in Nepal
Blessed Hope in Nepal provides creative work, skills development training, and true lasting hope to 23 women artisans and their families throughout the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal. Through their partnership with WorldCrafts, the women artisans are paid salaries that make them able to purchase basic necessities for their families such as their children’s school fees, […]