Handicraft Products

Sustainable Enterprise Project (SEP)

SOPIRET is implementing a sub-project supported by PKSF and funded by World Bank titled “Promotion of Natural Ingredient Made Handicrafts Entrepreneurship in the South-Eastern Region of Bangladesh”. The two-year project aims to improve microenterprises in the region by providing technical and financial assistance to 700 entrepreneurs involved in making eco-friendly handicraft using natural ingredients.

SUB-PROJECT TITLED:

Promotions of Natural Ingredient Made Handicrafts Enterpreneurship in the South -Eastern Regions of Bangladesh

Under the “Sustainable Enterprise Project (SEP)”- supported by Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and funded by World Bank

Project Aim

The project aims to improve handicraft making microenterprises in the region through promoting sustainable environmental practices

Fast Implementation

This two (02) years long sub-project is being implemented at Sadar upazila in Noakhali district; and at Laxmipur Sadar and Raipur upazila inLaxmipur district.

700 Micro-enterpreneurs

Under the sub-project, technical and financial assistance will be provided to seven hundred (700) micro entrepreneurs involved in making eco-friendly handicraft using natural ingredients

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Project Objectives

01

To Facilitate

To facilitate diversified handicraft products

02

Linkage

To create linkage with premium markets 

03

Sustenance

To sustainable MEs of handicraft products 

proposed working area

Working area of the sub project

ABOUT SOPIRET

For over 30 years, SOPIRET has been empowering the poor in Bangladesh’s south-eastern region through various socio-economic activities, turning them into economically self-sufficient individuals.

Since 1985

Turning poor into self-sufficient

Since 1985, we have been implementing various construction socio-economic activities in the south-eastern region of Bangldesh (Noakhli & Laxmipur Districts) 

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Upazilas have our footprint

SOPIRET  is currently serving people with micro-credit schemes among 22 upazilas of Laxmipur, Chandpur, Cumilla, Noakhali & Feni districts

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

Under the sub-project, both online and offline marketing will be available for micro-enterprenurs in order to facilitate access to the premium markets (both domestic and international) for the handicraft produce by local micro-enterprises. In this case, the required funds have been already allocated in the budget for Facebook Marketing, website preparation in of establishing a dedicated saler center/ shop for the locally produced handicraft items

Product Highlights

Charcoal Production

In order to develop skilled micro -entrepreneurs for charcoal production from the coconut hard shell (locally known as Aicha or Mala), activities under the handicraft sub-project have been undertaken which will be implemented by providing a training and technical support to prospective micro-enterprises on modern production methods.

Ropes From Coconut

Under the SEP, micro-enterprises will be developed in the cluster for manufacturing rope using coconut fiber. Entrepreneurs will be trained while technical and financial support will be extended for them.

Ropes From Coconut

In order to develop skilled micro-enterpreneurs for charcoal production from the coconut hard shell (locally known as Aicha or Mala), activities under the handicraft sub-project have been undertaken will be implmented by providing a training and technical support to prospective micro-enterprises on modern production methods. 

Virgin Coconut Oil

Due to the abundance of coconut production in the sub-project areas, micro- enterprises will be developed to produce cold-pressed virgin coconut oil leveraging modern methods using locally produced raw materials (coconut flesh) under the SEP project there are plans to create entrepreneurs for the production of virgin coconut oil or pure and refined coconut oil using  modern methods from locally produced coconuts under SEP.

Contact Sopiret

0381-62453
01709-933244

available from 10:00 – 19:00

Address: Sheak Rasel Sarak, Laxmipur-3700

Email: sopiret@gmail.com