Nafisa grew up in Queens NY, got some sort of degree in Ethnic Studies and Political Economy, worked in youth organizing/nonprofit, then moved to Kolkata as an AIF fellow. Can we have a milking contest?
Who can milk the most sympathy from a 6 line sentance for fair trade products? The following details should be included:
name: J—vika D-v-lopm-nt Soci-ty
community: marginalised women, west bengal india
type: kantha
the less detail / more implied gong noises the better.
These intricate hand stitched cards are made by women from the J—VIKA D-v-lopm-nt Soci-ty in West Bengal, India. J—VIKA means livelihood in sanskrit and comes from the root meaning “source of life”. We promote sustainable income generation projects, vocational skills training and production centered activities that improve the social status of rural women in West Bengal. Your purchase helps sustain J—vika’s work while keeping the traditional Bengali art of Kantha stitch alive. Contact us for more information on J—vika or to place an order of our other products. Thank you!
That sort of blows, but I would like to remind everyone that this is precisely how I got into college.
Can someone blow this paragraph out of the water. It’s fun, try it.
by the way, I buy fair trade all the time. especially in dhaka. how about that. and like jess mentioned last night, despite all of this, having local production centers is better than pushing urban migration for a data entry job 3 hours away.
