Heavy cotton block-print purse with assorted designs & colors.
9″ x 9″ heavy cotton bag with artistic blockprinting throughout: Large block print on the front of flap is accented by assorted other prints beneath flap, along sides, and on the cotton strap. Some of these blockprints include the tree of life, Ganesh, & fish. 9″ wide zip pocket under flap, zip close top, and 9″ wide zip pocket on back. Interior has one slit pocket. Beautiful piece of art. By purchasing these bags, you are helping to preserve the traditional blockprint art form which has been practiced in Nepal for thousands of years.
Ram’s home was badly damaged by the earthquake on April 25, 2015 and his entire family was relocated to a tent for several months but unfortunately at 5am one morning they awoke to water pouring into their tents which quickly rose to their necks. They were flooded out of that place so that he and his family had no choice but to move back into their damaged home.
In October of 2015 we visited with Ram and saw that the top two stories of his ancestral home had collapsed and that the home had been deemed unsafe. GHT & CCF are helping him by providing monthly rent for a safe space for him to work so that he can continue to make an income. We don’t have the capacity to rebuild his home but if he can work & if they receive earthquake relief from the government they should be able to rebuild soon. We will continue to monitor his situation to see if there are other ways that we can assist him to stay on his feet and for his family to reconstruct a safe dwelling.