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SOCIAL CAUSE SPOTLIGHT

I’m setting up Khushi Kantha alongside my ‘24/7 job’ as the mother of 21-month old half-British, half-Bangladeshi (and 100% cheeky!) twin daughters, Opi and Mahi, and my ‘day job’ helping organisations who are doing brilliant things in the UK and around the world measure, communicate and enhance their impacts.

I have fourteen years’ experience in the international development and humanitarian sectors. My work with organisations like Save the Children, the British Red Cross and War Child UK has taken me to nearly thirty countries, from Sierra Leone to Mongolia, and Iraq to Paraguay…but Bangladesh remains my favourite place in the world!

Khushi Kantha in a nutshell

Khushi Kantha makes sustainable, multi-purpose baby blankets with a vibrant ‘stand out’ factor, hand-stitched from reclaimed and ethically-sourced cotton and embroidered with empowerment by mothers in Bangladesh.

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