Project Details


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Thar Carpets and Handicrafts


Description

Thar carpets is social enterprise established for community development particularly support the residents of district Tharparkar by empowering women artisan in the form of selling their unique handmade products. Thar Carpets and Handicraft is manufacturer and retailer specialized in knotted carpets and handmade accessories. It is based in Karachi, Pakistan with manufacturing facility in district Tharparkar Sindh Pakistan. Offer wide variety of design in keeping long traditional styles for their valuable customers. In carpet categories major types includes lounge and bedroom carpets, commercial and contract carpets, and rugs. In handmade they have gift items and elegant ladies embroidered product

Project website

https://tharcarpets.com/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C7. E-business
  • AL C7. E-employment
  • AL C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content 2021
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: No poverty
  • Goal 5: Gender equality
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project None

Coverage
  • Pakistan
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States of America

Status

Ongoing

Start date

May 2010

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Women
  • The unemployed
  • The poor
  • Remote and rural communities

Replicability

In Tharparkar there is no jobs available so we can provide opportunities to poor people specially women to make products of handicrafts and carpet and we sell that product in multiple outlets and exhibit in different trade fairs events locally as well as globally through eCommerce portal


Sustainability

Thar Carpets and handicrafts is working for community development for particularly support resident of Tharparkar to empowering women artisans


WSIS values promotion

The promotion of WSIS values in our community affirmation and preservation of diverse cultural identities and languages as reflected in relevant agreed United Nations documents including UNESCO's Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, will further enrich the Information Society.


Entity name

Thar Carpets and Handicrafts

Entity country—type

Pakistan Private Sector

Entity website

https://tharcarpets.com/