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Prokritee

Mohammadpur, Dhaka · Bangladesh

Fair-trade baskets, paper and fibre crafts

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What Prokritee is known for

A fair-trade producer founded in 2001 that supports over 1,500 rural artisans across ten centres making baskets, handmade paper, crochet and palm-fibre goods from recycled sari, jute and silk. A WFTO member, it won the organisation's 2015 design award for a handmade-paper ornament and exports from its Asad Gate base.