Made in Nepal
Fairmandu is a free, independent guide. For each maker we show where its fair-trade status comes from and what we could not confirm. Browse for yourself, or plan a gift for one person or fifty.
Browse by craft
Product groups from the makers below. Tap a craft to filter the list.
Handmade paper, stationery
Home and gift items
Woven, sewn, knitted
Mugs, bowls, tableware
Pouches, upcycled goods
Tea and wild herbs
Not every craft is listed. We add a product group only when we can show where its status comes from.
Kathmandu Valley
Craft organisation selling home goods, textiles, jewellery and stationery. Its range includes products from several producer groups.
Not stated: custom branding, bulk orders, ships abroad.
Source: WFTO member page, 2026 certificate, checked 3 Nov 2026.
Lalitpur
Association for Craft Producers, working since 1984. Bamboo, ceramics, textiles, felt, paper and more.
Not stated: custom branding, bulk orders.
Source: WFTO brand page, checked 3 Nov 2026.
Nepal
Hand-felted wool products, from ornaments to home items, since 2007.
Not stated: bulk orders.
Source: WFTO member page, checked 3 Nov 2026.
Nepal
Handmade paper and felt stationery, decor and gifts. Its site lists ISO 14001 and SMETA certification.
Not stated: custom branding, bulk orders, ships abroad.
Source: WFTO member page, checked 3 Nov 2026.
Nepal
Sewn and knitted goods such as caps, toys and bags, made for brands and organisations.
Not stated: ships abroad.
Source: WFTO member page, 2026 certificate, checked 3 Nov 2026.
Panchthar and Lalitpur
Tea producer (KTE Organics). Its own site shows organic logos without certificate numbers, so we treat the organic claim as self-described.
Not stated: custom branding, bulk orders, ships abroad.
Source: WFTO member page, 2026 certificate, no expiry date shown, checked 4 Nov 2026.
Kathmandu
Wild-collected Himalayan herbs and plant products. FairWild lists jatamansi, kutki and sea buckthorn; much of its range is oils and paper, not food.
Not stated: online shop, custom branding, bulk orders, ships abroad.
Source: FairWild participants page (certified 2020, renewed 2022 and 2025), checked 4 Nov 2026. FairWild is a different scheme from WFTO.
Lalitpur
Ceramics, felt and woven textiles since 1989. Its own site shows a “Guaranteed” badge; WFTO’s page currently shows renewal in progress.
Not stated: custom branding.
Sources: WFTO member page and the maker’s own site, checked 3 Nov 2026.
Kathmandu
Upcycled sari goods, hemp items and bags. Formerly Local Women’s Handicrafts. It describes its sourcing as ethical; we have not confirmed that.
Not stated: custom branding, ships abroad.
Source: the maker’s own site, checked 3 Nov 2026.
Nepal
Home-based women workers making handmade textiles, including nettle (allo) fibre goods.
Not stated: online shop, custom branding, ships abroad.
Source: the maker’s own site, checked 3 Nov 2026.
Ilam
Federation of tea cooperatives in Ilam, including Ucchapahadi and Tinjure. One product page says “Fair Trade certified by SPP”; another says a 2023 project only aims for certification. We have not checked an SPP register.
Not stated: online shop, custom branding, bulk orders, ships abroad.
Source: the federation’s own pages, checked 4 Nov 2026.
No website linked yet.
Information is from public pages and the makers’ own sites, last checked 3–4 November 2026. Makers have not reviewed their entries yet; tell us about any error. “WFTO page: Guaranteed Member” means the World Fair Trade Organization’s own member page shows that status for the organisation, on the date we checked. It is not our certification, it does not cover every product, and Fairmandu is not affiliated with WFTO, Fair Trade Group Nepal or any maker listed. “Not stated” means we did not find it on the sources listed.
How we check
Fairmandu is not a certifier and not a shop. We read public sources, show where each claim comes from, and say when we don’t know.
A named maker in Nepal with a working website and a way to contact it.
Fair-trade claims are compared with WFTO’s own member page where one exists.
Fair-trade status is shown as confirmed by a page, stated by the maker, or not found. Not found is not a criticism.
Every entry shows when we last looked. Entries are rechecked at least once a year.
For teams and companies
Tell us what you need. We suggest makers that appear to offer custom or bulk orders and share what we have checked. The order, price, delivery and any customs are then agreed directly with the maker.
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Guides
Short guides on reading fair-trade claims, written from the certifiers’ own public pages.
Guide · 5 min read · 5 Nov 2026What WFTO, Fairtrade and FairWild pages show, what they do and do not cover, and three questions to ask a maker.
Read the guide →Questions
No. Fairmandu is a guide. You buy directly from the maker, who sets prices, delivery and returns.
No. We do not certify anyone. Where a maker has a WFTO member page, we link to it and report what it shows on the date we checked.
Today, nothing. In the future we may receive a finder’s fee when an introduction leads to a team-gift order, affiliate commissions on some links, or a fee for optional “enhanced profiles” for makers. Basic listings stay free, and payment will not change a listing’s content standard or position. Any such link or profile will be labelled.
We list makers we could identify and check from public pages. Missing a maker is not a judgement. Suggest one.
No. Not every fair producer is a WFTO member. We label this “not found”, and we do not claim anything else.
We only publish photos with the maker’s permission. We are asking makers for them.
Anup Khattri Chettri
I am a chemical engineer. I spent 21 years in Germany and now live in Kathmandu, where I also run a research institute. I am vegan, and I care about organic and fair-trade products.
I started Fairmandu to give people one place to see who makes things in Nepal and what has actually been checked.
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