The cotton used in our Canvas Collection is woven, coloured and treated by Thanapara Swallows, a non-profit organization striving to empower people in the Thanapara village in northwestern Bangladesh.

By working with Thanapara Swallows, we contribute to create economic and social awareness as well as to make women self-reliant and independent. Moreover, business profits fund Thanapara's school and day care centre among other initiatives.

Thanapara Swallows is creating fair-trade products in an effort to develop better social and economic situations in the local area. In 1973, the society was founded as part of the Swedish organization The Swallows. It has been a fully operational and independent non-profit since 1999.

The Society oversees many empowering projects spanning different areas such as agriculture, education, fair-trade production, health care, human rights, micro-credits, training and sanitation. The goals of these projects are to improve self-sufficiency for people in the area.