We have the perfect low cost, low tech solution to keeping warm this autumn;
These super comfy socks have been keeping Afghan Feet Warm up in the snowy heights of Afghanistan for many years. So keep your feet warm and feel warm inside, as you are helping women in Afghanistan keep a roof above their heads.
As you can imagine Life is very hard in Afghanistan, and the Afghans need all the help they can get.
We managed to get a large shipment out last year on one of the last convoys through the Khyber Pass and out of Afghanistan before the Taliban took over the country.
Our man in Peshawar baled them all up and got them to Karachi, where they were stuck for a couple of months in a warehouse waiting to be shipped. International Shipping is very chaotic at the moment, especially in Pakistan but we got them eventually.
It’s great running a fair trade business, working with small producers in Asia as all our products have an interesting back story.
I think our slipper socks illustrate how long and tortuous some of our supply lines are and why we sometimes run out of stock of popular lines. We can’t just pick up the phone and order more on next day delivery!