Duhok, KRI (April 21, 2022) - Rwanga Foundation held a three-day Handmade bazaar in Family Mall Duhok to support the local handmade brands in Kurdistan and Iraq. 20 local art, and craft handmade brands participated in the bazaar.

The bazaar started on Thursday and continued till the end of Saturday, twenty handmade brands have participated to showcase their products to people. In addition, to further promote the IraqHandmade platform and application to the visitors and handmade brand owners.

The participating twenty brands included diverse categories including: Accessories, Home decoration, Resin art, Crochet, Gifts, Cosmetic and Skin care, Painting on glass, and many others. 

Iraq Handmade is an application developed by Rwanga Foundation for supporting local handmade products. The project provides a way for people to sell their handmade products easily and to present them to people everywhere while remaining safe and protected in their homes and maintaining and improving local products in domestic markets. The project could also contribute to decreasing the unemployment rate by promoting home-based jobs and boosting the local economy.

The project acts as an online shop that collects and sells different types of handmade products made by the hands of different young Iraqi business owners in one platform and application. The application is currently supporting 65 handmade businesses and it’s available on both iOS and Android systems:

You can now visit the platform or install the application through the below links:

Platform: iraqhandmade.com

iOS link