The story beyond the brass      “For the landmine victims who are skilled artisans, making brass jewelry from weaponry is a  transformative craft: turning hardship to hope: lessening pain and healing hearts.”     Within the artisans’ studio in Cambodia, craft and art merge to create  an aesthetically appealing line of jewelry and, to tell an important  story of hope.  For these skilled jewellry makers and designers, who  also are landmine victims,  making their brass jewelry from weaponry  is a transformative craft: it turns despair to hope, weaponry metal  to  symbols of peace, and opens doors to economic independence and  personal dignity.    There  are  very  few  products in the world that carry such a compelling  story.  And,  each  jewelry  purchase  carries  a  direct  and  powerful  impact  to  initiatives  for  the  rehabilitation  and  national  safety  of  Cambodians.    In  the  years  of  1975–1979,  under  Pol  Pot  and the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia faced one  of  the  worst  genocides  the  world  has  witnessed;  over  two  million  Cambodians  met  their  death.   The  succeeding  years  of  violence  and  genocide  left  this  nation’s  land  covered  with  more  than  two  million  landmines.  This  has  left   Cambodia  with  the  highest  per  capita  percentage  of  mine  amputees  in  the  world,  as  one  in  every  236  Cambodian   has  lost  one  or  more limbs.  It also has left a nation immobilized by fear.    Much  attention  is  still  needed  to  not  only  clear  the  land  and  make it safe for Cambodians but  to  also  rehabilitate these thousands of amputee victims, both physically and emotionally.  One  stellar  example  is  a  humanitarian  micro­financing  cooperative  founded  by  Cambodians  in  1995.   Providing  training  and  employment  opportunities  in  craft  production to victims of war  and,  through  fair trade practices, providing them with sustainable incomes and assistance with   health  and  education  for  its  members.  To  bring  their  mission  full  circle,  they  partner  with ​ Halo  Trust,  a  demining  agency  whose  mission  is   to  make  the  land  safe  once  again  for  communities  throughout Cambodia.  The  shells they  gather  are transported to jewelry makers’  workshops  where  the  shells  are  cut,  polished,  and  then  shaped  into  creative  jewelry  designs,  mostly with motifs of peace, love, and harmony.    In  support  of  these  artisans  and   the  demining  efforts,  we  always  carry  differing  styles  of  brass  and  silver  earrings  and  pendants  on  our ​ Knots & Strokes​  website.        

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