Krama Summer Sale

Kramascarves.com are having a summer sale with discounts on the full range of cotton Krama scarves. Be sure to check them out now as the sale finishes at the end of August!

June Newsletter

The June Newsletter has just been sent out to all subscribers and for those who haven't subscribed you can see it on Ethical Asia Newsletters.

In includes news of the launch of our new Krama Scarves website and updates on new stock for Ethical Asia.

New Krama Scarf Website

EthicalAsia.com have just launched a new site dedicated to krama scarves. This includes extended ranges of all the cotton kramas and raw silk scarves.

Also as the new site is part of Ethical Asia we are still making profit donations to charities in the same way.

The new website is fully operational so check it out now: http://www.kramascarves.com/

Neckless Made From Recycled Paper

A great new product for EthicalAsia: 'Paperwear Neckless'. These neckless are made from beads of tightly wound recycled paper. They are produced in vulnerable communities Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand as supported by Friends International.

Inner Tube Wallets

EthicalAsia.com's dedication to sourcing interesting new products has thrown up these inner tube wallets. These wallets are made in Cambodia from recycled motorcycle inner tubes. In a country where the roads are dominated by mopeds and motorbikes discarded inner tubes are easily sourced this is another very creative way of recycling.

Krama Scarves

Another shippment of Cambodian Krama Scarves arrives in London from our distributors in Phnom Penh. They have been the best selling item on http://www.ethicalasia.com/ and we are soon to launch a dedicated website just selling Krama Scarves and increase our range on offer.

Click the link to view our current range of Krama Scarves from Cambodia.

The Burmese Way

This is an exert from the April Newsletter which can be viewed in full: Ethical Asia Newsletter.

In the books section of the Ethical Asia website is a publication that very few people in the West will have seen, and would seem to be the least ethical book on the planet. How to Cook and Entertain the Burmese Way is a Burmese recipe book sold at a state-run book shop in Rangoon, the largest city in one of the most repressive countries on the planet – Burma.


But by channelling this obscure publication to new markets and in donating money from its resale to one of the ethnic groups persecuted the most by the Burmese junta – the Karen – we’re trying to rewire the market for products like this in unusual ways that benefit some of the most disadvantaged people in the region, and among the least understood.

In buying this book, 10 percent of the unit profit made will go directly to the Karen Hilltribes Trust in Thailand which aims to look after the needs of the huge refugee populations that have fled east across the border from Karen and Mon states in Burma due to attacks by the military, an internal conflict that has been fought for half a century. This is a problem that is not going away and requires steady streams of funding.

The book itself is a fascinating read given its lengthy explanations on how and what Burmese eat, although some may be dismayed by its treatise on equal rights in Burma...........click the link below to read more:

Burmese Culture

Chi Pat Community Tourism Project, Cambodia

Children play at the Chi Pat community tourism project Cambodia

Sunrise for Cambodian Children - April Newsletter

The following is from EthicalAsia.com's April newsletter and the full Newsletter can be seen here.

FORMERLY working at Chase Manhatten Bank (now JP Morgan) in Sydney, Australian Geraldine Cox performed an abrupt about-face in her career following a visit to Cambodia in 1993 with a friend.
It started with raising money for just one child, garnering donations back home after witnessing the bleak circumstances of some of Cambodia’s most disadvantaged children. By 1998, Geraldine’s orphanage projects had been recognized as a fully fledged non-governmental organization helping to better the lives of dozens more Cambodian kids.

Today Sunrise offers a real chance - and a new family- to children unlucky enough to have found themselves parentless with orphanages in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, a beach resort on the south coast of the country.

Given the enduring poverty in Cambodia, the legacy of war that still blights the country in the form of landmines in particular and the lack of social security in the country, projects like Sunrise are vital.........click the link below to read more:

Cambodian Children's Charity

Cambodian Premier League Football - Phnom Penh's Olympic Stadium

Despite never having hosted a major international sporting event the stadium in Phnom Penh is referred to as the 'Olympic' stadium. It did however host North Korea vs Australia as they competed in a qualifying football match for the 1966 World Cup in England. Phnom Penh was chosen due to North Korea's lack of diplomatic relations with other nations.

First Newsletter Coming Soon

At the beginning of April EthicalAsia.com will release their first newsletter. The articles are in, the publishing has begun and it promises to be a strong first release. There will be range of fascinating articles including an education in the art of cooking and entertaining the Burmese way, some notes from the road for those travelling in Cambodia and a feature on one of the charities we support. The newsletter will also keep customers posted as to what new stock we have coming in.

The full newsletter and articles will be published on the website with snippets and teasers on the blog!

Signup now for ensure you receive the newsletters: Ethical Asia Newsletter

Monks in Rangoon

New Stock - Krama Scarves and Fish Feed Sacks

This week we received some great new stock from Cambodia and have been working hard to get it all online for customers. Our team in Cambodia are great at sourcing traditional Cambodian Krama Scarves (Cotton and Raw Silk) and the fantastic products made from recycled fish feed sacks. This latest shipment didn't disappoint, check out the online store now!

New 'Fish Feed' Products

We hope you like the new stock Any comments and suggestions are welcome via the online enquiry form.

Photos from the Field

Downtown Rangoon

Supporting Local Charities in Asia

The aim of http://www.ethicalasia.com/ is to have a positive social and economic impact on Asia whilst running a profitable global business. We therefore support local charities in the region and initially we have specifically chosen two very worthy organisations. As the business grows we hope to be able to support more charitable causes as there are many more in Asia doing fantastic work.

The two charities we have chosen are the Karen Hillside Trust and the Sunshine Children's Village, links to both these charities can be seen from the link section for blog and more information is also available on the Charity Page of http://www.ethicalasia.com/.

Photos From the Field

On our site we regularly post 'Photos from the Field'. This will be archived here on the Blog to allow you to view the past entries.

A young vendor rests at Preah Khan temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Grand Opening

Welcome to the first entry in the Ethical Asia blog; the official blog for http://www.ethicalasia.com/.

We sell a range of interesting and authentic products imported into the UK from all over Asia ranging from wallets and bags made from recycled fish feed sacks to authentic Cambodian Krama scarfs. Our aim is to source our stock at fair prices from the network of local manufacturers and distributers, rather than cutting out the supply chain and putting price pressure on the manufacturers. This way we aim to have an overall positive economic and social impact on the countries where we source products, some of which being some of the poorest countries in the world.

We also donate a proportion of profits to Charitable causes in the region and initially we are supporting two foundations, one in Cambodia and another in Thailand.

Information on our product range:

The majority of our products are sourced directly from local vendors at two markets - in Thailand and Cambodia - that rank among the most creative and vibrant in South East Asia. Phnom Penh's Russian Market sells many of the garments and apparel produced in the country's many factories that Phnom Penh's Russian Market sells many of the garments and apparel produced in the country's factories - many of our Cambodia-made products are sourced from this market. Cambodia is a country in which electricity is both scarce and expensive so we've decided to focus on products that have been recycled. Our main line of products............

Read more about the products, the foundations we support and browse the current stock all on http://www.ethicalasia.com/

Click here for our latest original products from Asia.