Get your kids kitted out for school with this delightful hand-embroidered cotton rucksack and matching pencil case set. Made at St. Mary's who offer computer literacy classes for their employees' children and so improve their prospects for the future. Made in India by St Mary's

• Rucksack 32 x 23 x 11cm with front zip pocket and adjustable straps
• Pencil case 18 x 7 x 6cm

Fair Trade Producer Details
In 1954, a group of Dominican nuns arrived in Ahmedabad to start a hospital. Ahmedabad was an industrial city, producing textiles, but when the mills began to close many men lost their jobs and women became the sole earners. As a result, the nuns organised a sewing/embroidery centre where women use traditional skills to make fair trade handicrafts. The women at St Mary's also have access to medical help, savings schemes, cooking classes and scholarships for children.

"Working at St. Mary's helps me in educating my children, to buy the necessary things in the house. It has created in me a kind of freedom; it has given a feeling of independence. If I was not working in St. Mary's, I can't imagine what kind of life I would live today". Manjula, St Mary's, India.