Manjeen's Vision
"To be an integrated social business enterprise
benchmarked with fairtrade practices and standards
for the marginalised artisans’/ farmers’ communities’
for their comprehensive economic and social
development."
Manjeen's Mission
"To develop a democratic, inclusive, sustainable and
value based entrepreneurial culture, in collaboration
with our producer partners in achieving economic
equality and financial security."
Empowering Artisans • Promoting Fair Trade • Preserving Handicrafts
Manjeen Handicrafts is an India-based social enterprise committed to empowering rural weavers and artisans by creating sustainable livelihood opportunities through Fair Trade practices. Rooted in India’s rich craft heritage, we work at the grassroots level to bring structural change to the traditional trade system and uplift marginalized artisan communities.
Small elements, bigger resonance.
Built on collaboration and care. More than what you see
Initiative
Artisan Training & Skill Development
We are dedicated to providing comprehensive training to rural artisans. By enhancing their technical skills and familiarizing them with modern technologies, we significantly elevate their earning capacities and broaden their creative horizons within the industrial artisan landscape
Advocacy
Fair Trade Implementation
Promoting and benchmarking Fair Trade practices is at the core of our mission. We implement rigorous standards to ensure economic equality, financial security, and a dignified working environment for all marginalized communities in our network
Innovation
Design and Product Evolution
Our dedicated design team collaborates closely with artisan groups. Together, we evolve new patterns and innovate product lines, ensuring that traditional handicraft heritage remains relevant, contemporary, and highly sought after in modern markets.
Support
Sustainable Livelihood Facilitation
We provide vital structural support and create safe, organized facilities for marginalized producers. This foundation ensures economic independence, fair wages, and drastically improved working conditions that respect the human-centric nature of craft
Collection
Handcrafted Jewelry
Discover our beautiful collection of handmade fashion jewelry. Each piece reflects the rich cultural heritage and incredible skill of our artisan partners, resulting in sophisticated accessories that carry an authentic story of empowerment
Our Artisans
Textile Fabrication
Manjeen Handicrafts is working with a group of marginalized traditional artisans in Jodhpur on Fair-Trade principles, to provide them economic security,
economic independence, fair wages, human dignity and Environmental consciousness.
Khiwai Dastkar Samiti
KGDS (Khewai Gram Dastkar Samiti) is a registered cooperative society formed by 10–12 young women from an extended family. After completing their household responsibilities, they come together in a small shared workspace to create handcrafted jewellery at their own pace.
LAC Art & Crafts
Rekha Verma – 40 Years, is a key artisan member and one of the promoter of Lac Art & Craft Group, an associated producer partner of Manjeen Handicrafts since 2011. Her responsibilities vary from keeping record for raw material to evolving new design patterns in association of Manjeen’s design team.
About Us
Empowering Artisans • Promoting Fair Trade • Preserving Handicrafts
Manjeen Handicrafts is an Organisation with a vision to promote an alternative trade System in the form of fair Trade on Grassroot levels to bring structural changes in the contemporary mode of Trade, and increase the choice among the marganilsed artisans and their families for the quality of life, Education to their children and quality working conditions. And establish socio-economic balance among the artisans’ community. Manjeen Handicrafts joined this movement by selling the fairly produced handicrafts products to local markets and participating in the local festival fairs, but this approach is confined for a couple of months and didn´t yield much to carry this vision in longer term. However, Fair Trade movement has a strong foothold in West, but in India still it has to make its strong presence felt. Therefore, Fair Trade Movement can be used as a tool to improve the quality of life of marginalized traditional artisans and their community. In this process of effort Manjeen Handicrafts came forward to support effectively Fair trade Movement in Northern Part of India along with some of the producer groups from different craft-lines Manjeen Handicrafts envisions an alternative trade system based on Fair Trade principles that challenge the conventional, exploitative models of commerce.