In cooperation with the Swiss designer Gabriela Byrde, IDC presented Villageworks, the leading Cambodian fairtrade exporter of handicrafts, for the sixth time at the trade fair AMBIENTE 2024 in Frankfurt. Villageworks showed new collections of recycled products, such as high quality messenger bags and backpacks, successfully and was able to create a good number of orders and new business contacts.
Villageworks is a socially oriented enterprise and guaranteed member of the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO). It provides income and employment to about 100 highly skilled community-based women in rural areas and has about 50 staff in its Phnom Penh workshop, many of whom are disabled persons.