They’re gorgeous, fairly-priced and people love ‘em, especially when they realise that they’re made from discarded cigarette packets, carefully turned into bright beads.
Most of all, paper bead necklaces, earrings, bracelets and more are made by our very own families, including some of the more difficult parents we work with. It took training, support and small initial funding from us, and a lot of hard work and patience from them.
But we don’t sell them through this shop for one simple reason: Cambodia House.
Mary was one of our first large buyers and helped patiently advise our microbusiness staff, Sinoy, and the families on improving our work and working as wholesalers. Mary sells the beads and lots of other gorgeous things from Cambodia to fund many great social causes.
We aim not to overlap with great shops like Cambodia House, and thanks to the growing diversity of Cambodia, that’s possible – even if it sometimes means not selling our own products!
You can read about the impact Mary and our other Riverkids wholesale buyers have made in With paper jewelry, into a bright future from our blog earlier this year.
I do not believe I have seen this said that way before. You really have made this so much clearer for me. Thank you!
posted 2010 Mar 30 by sarahbelll