A great time was had by all at the Catholic Relief Services Ethical Trade Sale at the Church of the Transfiguration this past weekend. One of the biggest sellers were the Breadwarmers from Bangladesh. Artisans engrave the whitewashed terracotta with traditional kolka, a folk motif of Bangladesh. Purchases enabled rura enables rural and mostly illiterate women to make their handicrafts at home. It provides these women much-needed employment, a fair wage, freedom from exploitation, access to healthcare and education for their children.
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