The Amber Chand Collection Information

The Amber Chand Collection: Global Gifts for Peace and Understanding is a mission-based enterprise that fully supports women in regions of conflict and post-conflict - as mothers, peace builders, entrepreneurs, and skilled artisans. Click here for multimedia digital story. We are a young company that believes in the power of creative enterprise as a foundation for healthy communities. By working primarily with talented craftswomen in vulnerable regions of the world we are able to offer business as a potent vehicle for sustainable development. A woman who is actively engaged in respectful enterprise experiences dignity, self worth, and the knowledge that through her work she can contribute to the well being of her family, her community, and the larger society. Women's economic security is a vital cornerstone for peace. We are guided by the principles of fair trade and compassionate commerce and a steady commitment to support these craft enterprises over time. To do this, we partner with leading non-profit organizations whose mission is resonant with our own and who are able to provide us with vital support for our work. All the products that we feature on the Collection are exclusively designed by Amber Chand in collaboration with the artisans and reflect skilled workmanship and design expressing the authentic cultural traditions from which the artisans emerge. In our work around the world we have been touched by the plaintive words of women artisans who seek viable international markets for their work. "Do not forget us" they have called out to us, asking us not only to remember the power and beauty of their creative expressions but reminding us that there is a deeper bond that connects us to each other, in this spirit of our shared humanity. Please join us as we set out on this journey of a thousand miles - knowing that we offer women's hands as a force for peace and women's voices as the enduring strength of their communities.