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Maison Bengal is a socially responsible and ethical company dedicated to creating positive change.
Maison Bengal is a fair-trade brand founded in the UK in 2004 by Sheenagh Day. It develops hand-weaving and basket-weaving skills cultivated in Bangladesh’s poorest regions into bags, baskets and homewares made from natural materials such as jute and hogla (seagrass). The brand promotes fair wages and support through access to international markets, and also provides craft training to artisans in collaboration with fair-trade partner organizations in Bangladesh.
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Maison Bengal aims to improve the lives of some of the poorest people in Bangladesh by developing an international market for their hand crafted products and ensuring they are paid a fair wage.