Just Trade is collaborating with the Flowering Desert Project, based in a rural community in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. They employ local people, predominantly women, in an area where there are limited means of earning
a regular income. 

 

The training and fairly paid employment opportunities at Flowering Desert offer a way for the women to increase their skills and future work possibilities, often bringing them a status in their society for the first time.

 

Since the initial jewellery training programme in 2010, an additional 10 people have been trained in jewellery skills to keep up with the orders. 

 

Find out more about JustTrade's Zoe Project in Peru here.