Welcome to Sherpa Crafts

Sherpa Crafts and Collection Pvt. Ltd was founded in 2006 as a fair trade micro-enterprise working in the private sector to develop and promote the fine craft traditions of Nepal. In due course the company came in contact with local producers who were living in abject poverty and working in harsh conditions. Being highly aware of the social issues, Rabindra Maharjan, proprietor of Sherpa Crafts and Collection, who has extensive experience in the social sector, decided Sherpa Crafts and Collection had to address these issues.

In the spirit of humanitarianism, Sherpa Crafts and Collection is committed to a shared partnership with low income artisans, cooperatives and producer groups to improve their lives by increasing their access to markets and resources. Many capacity building and income generation programs, management skills and marketing techniques organized by various national and international developmental organizations have been ineffective in meeting the objectives. Sherpa Crafts and Collection has taken the alternative path by prioritizing access to markets and resources. We believe that by implementing the principals of fair trade, we can provide the artisans with a better deal, social welfare funds, and better access to the global market. There are many people who have been internally displaced and yet many more migrate to different places for various reasons, namely financial. Sherpa Crafts and Collection is devoted in the rehabilitation of such people by assisting them in restarting their workshops, providing technical assistance, other social amenities, as well as better access to the global market.