The eco-friendly purse or organic piece of clothing you just bought, have you ever really wondered where it originated? Who made it? Or how they made it? Well, at five ACCESSORIES, fair trade is fundamental to everything we do. We believe in knowing 'what's in your bag' or ' who made your bag'. Treating people fairly is the basis of our business and our primary purpose for doing business.
Featured here is Sophea. She has been working with our Cambodia partners, Smateria, since 2005. She started without any tailoring experience whatsoever. She was hired as a cleaner of recycled tetrapak fruit juice and milk boxes. Just a few months later she asked to try working as a basic tailor. Fast forward to 2013, eight years later, she is currently the chief of Smateria's wallets production room. Wallets are technically the most difficult product to sew. (five currently carries two of those recycled wallets.)
This hardworking wife and mother of two, was unemployed prior to working with Smateria and her husband has always worked as a moto taxi driver. She is originally from the country side and recently bought her own house in her homeland - a big investment for her children and a safe place for her and her husband to retire to one day.
Sophea is just one face behind our Cambodian products whom we are helping. The five brand is not only about eco friendly handbags, it is about people.
Resource: Smateria
