March 2015 | Samana Living

HBPS on the Pioneer’s Post

We’re delighted to see Hathay Bunano featured on the Pioneer’s Post. Ellie Ward, visited Bangladesh as part of the British Council’s work on Social Enterprise and for the British Council Policy Dialogue that was held in Dhaka just recently. While in Bangladesh she visited one of the Hathay […]

22 Mar

Colouring sheets for EASTER – connecting children the world over.

I wish to connect with more of our customers. We get a really nice steady stream of photos posted on Instagram of customers with Pebble toys and these are great. But I’d like to create a connection between the children in the Pebble preschools and the children who have our toys […]

21 Mar

Organic growth in rural centres

When we start to teach women to knit and crochet in new centres and in new areas there is often a lot of interest from the local area but also a fair amount of scepticism. Many NGO projects have come and gone before us in Bangladesh and in many areas […]

About Samana

We are a wholesale distributor who specialises in fair trade items and supplies small retailers across Australia. Fair trade ensures that the artisans that create these beautiful products are respected, receive fair wages for their craft and are given safe working conditions. No child labor is used in the creations of our products, instead education is encouraged. Health care programs are offered and the community in general is shown to benefit from the practise of fair trade.