Categories
- Antiques and Rituals Objects (69)
- Arts and Water Paintings (8)
- Bags and Purses (55)
- Batik Art and Wall Hanging (16)
- Felt Wool Bags and Gifts (129)
- Greeting Cards(Hand Made) (87)
- Glass Beaded Jewelry and Gifts (111)
- Garments and Clothings (13)
- Hand Carved Decortives Gifts (10)
- Hand Made Paper and Stationary (20)
- Herbal Soap (4)
- Home Furninshing and Kitchenware (12)
- Horn and Bone Gifts and Buttons (32)
- Hemp and Natural Fiber Products (10)
- Incense Agarbati (14)
- Khukuri Gorkha Knife (10)
- Music CD/ VCD/DVD (27)
- Musical Instruments (31)
- Paper Mache Mask (17)
- Pashmina Shawl and Stoles (20)
- Singing (Meditation ) Bowl (17)
- Silver Jewelry and Ornaments (574)
- Statue and Sculputure (13)
- Dhaka Shawls and Scarves (37)
- Mithila Art Based Gift Items (26)
- Thangka Painting Art (10)
- Tibetan Wooden Box (10)
- Traditional Mithila Painting (10)
- Wooden Gift Items (14)
- Wooden Mask and Figures (14)
- Woolen Sweaters and Gift (17)
- X-Mas Ornaments (23)
About Us
Background of Third World Craft Nepal
Third World Craft Nepal( The Artisan's Marketplace) is a platform created to support the promotion of international marketing for the producers groups. It is operated under the Third World Craft Development Center, the non-profit organization dedicated to help empower the artisans and disadvantaged women by equipping them appropriate marketable skills as well as training on modern technologies such as Internet and website development.
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| Allo (nettle ) Weaving | Harvesting Allo Nettle at forest | Felt Producers at Work |
Third World Craft Nepal(TWCN) was established in 1999 AD by Narendra Shahi with a tiny set up of small investment. He was working before with prominent Nepalese Non profit organization (Nepal Charkha Pracharak Mahaguthi)that was supporting Tulsi Mehar Mahila Ashram generating income to support women and children. Because of his long term involvement in fair trade , Narendra thought he could multiply his experience to support the needy artisans thus, TWCN came into existence. TWCN started with small number of producers grous now has showcased products from 90 groups and sells both from local shop and online store.
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| The Fair Trade Buyer Mr. Corey Present from USA visiting to Third World Craft Shop. | Glass bead jewelry artisans at work | Felt producers making felt sheet |
Third World Craft Nepal strives to promote Nepalese handicraft, furniture and agro based product to local market and overseas thereby, supporting to grass roots artisans/producers of informal sector having difficulties in accessing to global market. Third World Craft Nepal is a socially responsible business that practices code of conduct of fair and ethical trade, thus, concerns very much for prompt payment to producers, encourage direct access to market and allows client to access producers' information. We build up business relationship on the basis of mutual trust and transparency, practice of business ethics fair trading, performing high level of professionalism in trading and are concerned for well being of the society, producers and environment.
Third World Craft has a team of professional people having experience of two decade of fair trade and development and have worked in number of national and international non profit organizations. TWCN is a founder member of Artisan Fair Trade Network Nepal, member of Fair Trade Federation , USA, Coop America, USA and also a member of Federation of Handicraft Associations of Nepal.
Our Other Services
- We assist artisans to sell their products or find market through listing on various world marketplace like www.ebay.com , www.etsy.com, www.epier.com, www.artbyus.com and many more. Visit out eBay store.
- We equip artisans with skills on business development such as business letter writing, spoken English , marketing and e-commerce website set up on affordable cost so that they can independently manage their business and receive higher value added price for their work.
- We counsel artisans in need to boost up their marketing
- We provide micro-loan to artisans without collateral so that they can purchase necessary raw materials and equipments.
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We organize interaction program among artisans
so that they can share their experience and learn new
things.
We are providing web design and hosting server using Open Source system to former users of CatGen/OpenEntry and also for new entrants in eCommerce.
For further details.
Please contact to :
Narendra Shahi
Managing Director
Third World Craft Nepal
P.O.Box. 15142, PPC,334, Kathmandu
Lazimpat, W.N. 2, Kathmandu
Phone : 977-1-4414670 / Mobile : 977 9851044201
email : thirdworld@wlink.com.np | info@thirdworldcraft.com
Website : www.thirdworldcraft.com
Staff Member of Third World Craft Nepal
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Narendra Shahi, Managing Director 20 years of experience in Fair Trade, He currently oversees trading wing of Third World Craft Nepal |  |
Richa Kutu, Web Technical Support Staff, Graduate in Education, currently looks after website management and producers relation | |
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Rina, Account/Export Documentation Manager, Mastered in Business Administration, She currently looks after book keeping and export documentation |  |
Bikesh, Sales Associates , Young college goers , learn and earn , he attends college at morning and works at day time looks after sales and producers relation | |
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Mamta Khadgi, Intern Assistant Young college goers, earn for pocket money, help part time in sales and marketing | > |
Raj Kumar Tamang, Marketing Manager, Graduate in Business Studies, looks after promotion activities of Trading wing of Third World Craft Nepal | |
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Santosh Saha, Web Programmer Newly employed , looks after programming side of web commerce, |  |
Surendra Shahi, Development Director 25 years of experience fair trade and micro enterprise development, has worked at many national and international NGO in USA, currently looks after development wing , current chair of Artisan Fair Trade Network Nepal.Visit Blog at Surendra Shahi Blog |
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