Ellen Agger and Alleson Kase love textiles and have been involved with threads, craft and empowering women for decades. In 2007, they launched TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles (www.tammachat.com), a fair trade social enterprise, to help women artisans in rural Thailand and Laos bring their extraordinary, handcrafted, naturally dyed weavings to new markets.

Each of TAMMACHAT's textiles tells a story and helps rural women support their families, communities and cultural traditions. We work with: • women's weaving co-operatives • village-based women's weaving groups • family groups • Thai and Lao NGO's (non-governmental organizations). For each piece sold, TAMMACHAT donates a first book to a child in Laos, published by Big Brother Mouse (www.bigbrothermouse.com), a Lao-owned social enterprise.

Wholesale enquiries welcome anytime for ORGANIC SILK SCARVES and COTTON SCARVES  AND BAGS (available in Spring 2012). Visit our Wholesale page for details: www.tammachat.com/wholesale.