Tucked away in a silk paper box are a variety of ten paper decorations. Each one is intricately hand made and unique.

The box is adorned with a terracotta dove and gold ribbon.

Box measures approx. 7.5 cms by 8 cms by 7.5cms

Jabopar Enterprise is located along the Jamuna River in a serene rural area in South Western Bangladesh. Women artisans at Jobarpar create a beautiful variety of decorations and gift presentation items out of paper made from silk thread, water hyacinth plants and jute fibres.
Purchased through Prokritee, a fair trade organization ,( meaning “nature” in Bangladesh), that provides managerial, product design , development and marketing assistance to 8 producer groups/ enterprises in Bangladesh. Prokritee and its 8 enterprises provides jobs for poor rural women. The women who work for the enterprises are widows, divorcees or head of households with little or no income. By providing jobs for women, , Prokritee is able to improve the women’s standard of living and help them send their children to school.