Third World Craft Nepal( The Fair Trade Artisan's Marketplace) is a platform created to support the promotion of international marketing for the producers groups. It is operated under the Third World Craft Development Center, the non-profit organization dedicated to help empower the artisans and disadvantaged women by equipping them appropriate marketable skills as well as training on modern technologies such as Internet and website development. Allo (nettle ) Weaving Harvesting Allo Nettle at forest Felt Producers at Work Third World Craft Nepal(TWCN) was established in 1999 AD by Narendra Shahi with a tiny set up of small investment. He was working before with prominent Nepalese Non profit organization (Nepal Charkha Pracharak Mahaguthi)that was supporting Tulsi Mehar Mahila Ashram. Because of his long term involvement in fair trade , Narendra thought he could multiply his experience to support the needy artisans thus, TWCN came into existence. TWCN started with small number of producers grous now has showcased products from 90 groups and sells both from local shop and online store. The Fair Trade Buyer Mr. Corey Present from USA visiting to Third World Craft Shop. Glass bead jewelry artisans at work Felt producers making felt sheet Third World Craft Nepal strives to promote Nepalese handicraft, furniture and agro based product to local market and overseas thereby, supporting to grass roots artisans/producers of informal sector having difficulties in accessing to global market. Third World Craft Nepal is a socially responsible business that practices code of conduct of fair and ethical trade, thus, concerns very much for prompt payment to producers, encourage direct access to market and allows client to access producers' information. We build up business relationship on the basis of mutual trust and transparency, practice of business ethics fair trading, performing high level of professionalism in trading and are concerned for well being of the society, producers and environment. Third World Craft has a team of professional people having experience of two decade of fair trade and development and have worked in number of national and international non profit organizations. TWCN is a founder member of Artisan Fair Trade Network Nepal, former member of Fair Trade Federation , USA, Coop America, USA and also a member of Federation of Handicraft Associations of Nepal. It has recently joined global network of Fair Traders , World Fair Trade Organization WFTO