DEW
DEW Crafts is a Social Enterprise of Development Wheel (DEW), a non-profit charity working in Bangladesh (https://dewbd.org/dew). The main focus of this Enterprise is to work for the promotion of the sustainable livelihoods for small scale artisans and handicraft producers in Bangladesh with an aim to generate sustainable self-employment opportunities for under-privileged rural and urban people. Besides, DEW Crafts is also active in the fields of climate change and environment, livelihoods security, agricultural promotion, women empowerment in partnership and collaboration with different international and local consumers, buyers and development partners with a vision to have a society where all people enjoy equal rights, equitable access to employment and adequate resources necessary for their livelihoods and live in dignity. In 2016, DEW Crafts became a Certified Guaranteed Fair Trade Enterprise by the World Fair trade Organization-WFTO.
Headquarter Country
Bangladesh
Geographies served
Bangladesh
Issue areas addressed
Biodiversity & Ecosystems Climate
Communities served
Women Artisans Farmers, pastoralists and fishers People with disabilities
SDGs focus
SDG 1 - No Poverty SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 2 - Zero Hunger SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth