Khushi Kantha ('Happy Blanket')

Laura Rana

Founder

Mission

Khushi Kantha is an award-winning non-profit social enterprise creating opportunities for mothers in Bangladesh and contributing to the circular economy. We regenerate the Bengali ‘kantha’ tradition to meet global product safety standards while retaining its circular principles and bringing the cultural heritage of Bangladesh to a wider audience. Founder Laura Rana was inspired to start Khushi Kantha by the birth of her half-British, half-Bangladeshi daughters and her long-standing dream to use everything she’s learned from many years of living and working in Bangladesh (through her career in the international development and humanitarian sectors) to help other mothers, whose position she could easily be in herself if circumstances were different. We partner with sustainability-minded members of the Bangladeshi garments industry to breathe new life into deadstock cotton fabric by upcycling it to line our products, which are hand-crafted from hand-woven hand-dyed 100% cotton fabric and embroidered with empowerment by the mothers we partner with.

Category

Poverty Alleviation

Additional Information

Our multi-dimensional impact measurement system reflects our multi-faceted approach to sustainability. Inspired by the Bhutanese Global Happiness Index for Business, it combines the use of internationally validated tools with participatory methods, to ensure we are measuring our impacts in ways that are meaningful for the mothers at the core of our social enterprise mission. See khushikantha.com/impactreport for more details. After creating our first collection of Happy Blankets (vibrantly-coloured, reversible, multi-purpose baby blankets) through a successful crowdfunding campaign (crowdfunder.co.uk/khushikantha), we have recently expanded our product range to include dolly bedding, tote bags, pouch bags, cushion covers and wall hangings, as well as branching into wholesale. Our current number one priority is to build up our customer base, so we can broaden and deepen the impact we are having in the community where our products are hand-made.

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Apr 10, 2021

SEO support

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Hi, I'm launching a social enterprise creating opportunities for mothers in Bangladesh to provide for their children with dignity and contributing to the circular economy. Khushi Kantha (Happy Blanket) makes sustainable, multi-purpose baby blankets, hand-stitched and embroidered with empowerment. We are reworking the Bengali kantha tradition to meet global hygiene and safety standards while retaining the principles of reclaim-repurpose-reuse. The idea was inspired by the birth of my half-British, half-Bangladeshi twin daughters and my first-hand experience of working on the response to the Rohingya refugee crisis while I was pregnant with them. See khushikantha.com/our-story for details. I'd love some support with SEO! Thanks and best wishes, Laura

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Posted on Mar 25, 2021

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