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Eco Friendly Two-tone Bangles

Eco Friendly Two-tone Bangles

Country of Origin: India
Fair Trade - Bracelets - Under $10

Two colors, two causes. These chic two-tone bangles provide living wages for artisans and support environmental sustainability. Each bracelet uses natural materials, such as easily replenished ankudu wood and vegetable lacquer, to preserve the ecosystem while also generating income to support the people who make them.

3 ¼" diameter

Each item sold separately.

Colors available: Orange & Green or Yellow & Plum

 

$4.50
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Country of Origin
India

The Community Friendly Movement (CFM) is a social enterprise based in New Delhi, India, that aims to create wealth for artisan communities by working directly with the producers at the bottom of the supply chain, reducing the number of intermediaries, and selling their quality, handmade products to a larger market. Among the artisans with whom CFM works are twenty wood and lacquer craftsmen of Etikoppaka, who, with assistance from the National Institute of Design, the National Institute of Fashion Technology, and individual social entrepreneurs, have rediscovered traditional local knowledge ... more

India, known to many as the world's largest democracy, has made great advancements economically over the last decade. The economy is booming, the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) is a global market hub, and a middle class is growing in urban centers. However, rural poverty remains widespread, and as rural migrants flock to the cities in search of work and income, urban slums are growing quickly.

Rural communities face a number of challenges across India. Heavily dependant on agriculture, farmers and their families suffer at the hands of both natural causes such as drought and human-made triggers such as unfair global trade rules. Many farmers face crippling debts and what seems like no opportunity for upward mobility. As the population of India continues to grow quickly it has become a burden on the country's environment and natural resources. Rural poor then often choose to migrate to cities in search of work and a better life, leading to overcrowding in cities and deteriorating infrastructure in rural areas. Once living in urban areas, these migrants face multiple challenges looking for employment, finding shelter, and living in a region where they may need to learn a new language to survive. Many people continue to live without access to clean water or toilets. India currently has the highest tuberculosis prevalence of any nation and the second largest number of annual deaths from AIDS. One-third of the world's malnourished children live in India.

India is also known for a history of discrimination against women. The prevalence of infanticide, the practice of killing girl babies, has created a gender imbalance in the population: 927 females to 1000 males. Women have less access to education and health services. Seventy-three percent of men in India are literate while only 47.8 percent of women are literate. This impacts women's ability to work, earn a living, and live independently. As India's economy improves, women in urban, upper-class communities are receiving greater access to education and human rights. But women in rural communities continue to be left behind, forced to remain in traditional gender roles.

Did you know that Bollywood, India's movie industry, produces twice as many movies as Hollywood a year: over 1000!
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