This is perfect for any little person you know who may be starting school or playschool - delightful hand-embroidered cotton rucksack and matching pencil case set. Made at St. Mary's, India, who offer computer literacy classes for their employees' children and so improve their prospects for the future.
In 1954, a group of Dominican nuns arrived in Ahmedabad to start a hospital. Ahmedabad was an industrial city, producing textiles, but when the mills began to close many men lost their jobs and women became the sole earners. As a result, the nuns organised a sewing/embroidery centre where women use traditional skills to make fair trade handicrafts. The women at St Mary's also have access to medical help, savings schemes, cooking classes and scholarships for children.
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