The KRAMA KIDS and KRAMA KREATURES

A group of women from the village of Prasat Char have been taught how to make rag dolls called Krama Kids and Krama Kreatures, which are sold to tourists in Siem Reap. 

The profit from the sale of each product goes directly to the woman who made it.  Each product has a photo of the woman who made it along with information about her and her family.   

Many of the women have husbands who used to work as labourers on construction sites in Siem Reap.  With the global economic crisis construction work is now much harder to come by and their husbands have little or no work.  The income they earn from the Krama Kids and Krama Kreatures therefore enables their families to survive.  They use the money for the necessities of life; to buy food, to send their children to school and to pay for medical needs.

The Krama Kids and Kreatures are made out of Kramas.  A Krama is a colourful checked scarf used by all Cambodians for a multitude of uses.  Amongst other things, they are used as head scarves; protection from sun, dust and wind, as a towel, to carry things, including babies, as a pillow or blanket, as a belt, to tie things together, and to make hammocks for babies.

The Krama Kids and Krama Kreatures are sold in Siem Reap at Deborah's photographic stall in the Angkor Night Market and at a souvenir shop/cafe called Joe-To-Go.

This very successful project is now fully self-sustaining and requires no input of donated funds to operate.