All mums are special and, at The Small World, all mums are catered for: the DIY-loving mum (cat tape measure); office working mums (dragonfly paperweights); eco-warrier mums (recycled shopping bag); gardening mums (plant pots) and glamour-loving mums (mirror inlaid trinket boxes) with gifts from the Mai Handicraft range – a project particularly aimed at promoting self-reliance among disadvantaged communities in Southern Vietnam.
Mai Handicrafts aims to find work for neglected families by selling Vietnamese fair trade Handicraft products to local and export markets, to customers that care about a fair wage & working conditions. Mai is an income generating and educational project for disadvantaged family and its members, particularly women and children.
Mai works not only to provide viable employment and/or effective training but also aims to promote self-reliance among disadvantaged families and ethnic minority communities in Southern Vietnam.
Other than the necessary re-investing cost, the profits from sales of these fair trade handicrafts are used to fund various social work activities. In the development context, Mai is exploring a model of social development in which social service should lead to economic self-reliance. The people involved: Single parent families and other disadvantaged families and their children. Individual young adults starting off in life.
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