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Upcycled Plastic Apron - Reversible- Food/Flowers/Animal Prints-Fair Trade
Upcycled Plastic Apron - Reversible- Food/Flowers/Animal Prints-Fair Trade
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Nothing is better than upcycled or recycled plastics! Let's keep it out of our oceans!
Upcycled, handmade, and durable are a few qualities of our reversible aprons that are lined on the backside with fabric that has been printed using traditional hand blocks or hand stamps to make the Kalamkari fabrics.
These fantastic recycled aprons are hand-stitched by women artisans at Speed Trust, a non-profit organization located in the southern part of India. This organization supports socially and economically disadvantaged women from urban slum areas through vocational training, financial support, and income generation.
- Measures 35” long x 25-1/2” wide
- One of a kind - We receive assorted designs and prints. We hope you will be pleased with the design we will choose for you.
Made from discarded or rejected digitally printed polyvinyl billboard advertisements, these aprons will surely encourage you to try out a new recipe every day. These aprons are the perfect eco-friendly accessory for your kitchen or gift for foodies, environmentalists, or home chefs.
Handmade and Fair Trade imported from India.
Click "About the Artisans" to learn more about the Speed Trust Non-Profit Organization.
About the Artisans
About the Artisans
SPEED Trust (Slum People Education & Economic Development), is a non-profit organization based in Chennai, India. The organization supports socio-economically deprived women from the urban slum areas of Chennai. SPEED Trust partnered with Baladarshan, a fair trade network of organizations that supports various women craft producers, organizations, and cooperatives working towards creating better livelihood opportunities, self-sustainability, and a platform for their products, like here at Low Country Fair Trade.
SPEED Trust was started in 1999 at Gandhi Nagar Sathyayani Muthu Nagar, one of the largest slum areas in Chennai. The project began with tailoring training for teenage girls from the slum community, who, after one year, were provided with a sewing machine by the trust. Simultaneously, SPEED Trust also set up educational programs that have helped women and girls to choose different occupations and livelihood options.
In 2002, 
SPEED Trust began training the physically challenged and the HIV- affected members of the community in the skill of basket weaving. These members were either unable to move or find work opportunities outside their homes. These unique baskets were woven out of recycled plastic (Polyethylene) wires. Apart from these magnificent baskets, the artisans at Speed Trust make several other interesting products which include, bags and aprons from salvaged billboards or advertising signs, and hand-rolled incense sticks and cones. The trust now runs a production unit and a showroom by the name of Varnajalam in Chennai, where they carry an array of handmade products by these female artisans.
Today SPEED Trust has been able to expand its reach, not only in the domestic but also in the international market. Apart from providing vocational and educational training to women and girls from the slum community, SPEED Trust also gives micro-credit loans to these artisans. The loan facility helps in making them independent and their businesses self-sustainable.
