VILLAGE HANDCRAFTERS

Country: Antipolo City, The Philippines
Staff: 10 as needed
Year Established: 1989
Primary languages: English, Tagalog (Filipino)
Products: Soap and hand made paper.
Needs: Continued opportunities to grow the soap making business.
Social Media: Facebook
email: villagehandcrafters@careandshare.com.au

One of the businesses Care & Share is working with is Village Handcrafters. Village Handcrafters is a not-for-profit Christian agency working with impoverished churches in the Philippines .

Village Handcrafters takes poor workers and trains them in the making of beautiful hand-crafted papers that are acid-free. Village Handcrafters also makes hand-made soaps in a variety of fragrances and packages.

Village Handcrafters is pioneering an Ecologically Sustainable Community Model that incorporates:

• Meaningful work

• Organic food production and composting

• Waste water purification and recycling

• Aquaculture and Vermiculture (worms for improving soil quality)

• Schools & Health clinics

Village Handcrafters has grown from a backyard project to a current well equipped 12,000 square foot (1,100 square meters) factory located on one acre (4 hectare) in a slum area of Antipolo City .

When you purchase an item from Village Handcrafters you not only gain a unique handcrafted gift but you are directly helping the poor and the planet!