The Spiral Foundation

In Hue I saw some colorful woven baskets.

I entered the "Healing The Wounded Heart Shop." Various baskets from Nepal were made of recycled plastic food snack wrappers. Brilliant reds, greens, blues, all the hues. Cool.

The Spiral Foundation is a non-profit humanitarian organization working in Nepal and Vietnam.

Spiral. Spinning Potential Into Resources And Love.

At the SPIRAL workshop in Hue they create bowls using telephone wires. They work with the Office of Genetics and Disabled Children at Hue Medical College.

All net proceeds from the handicraft sales are returned to Vietnam and Nepal to fund primary health care, medical and educational projects.

Projects employ 1000 participants with fair salaries and hourly wages, not based on piece work. Projects have provided for more than 250 heart surgeries and treatments for children with life threatening diseases.

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