| Perfect for hauling all your essentials. The Lug Carryall Bag is handcrafted with raffia grass and jute and has sturdy leather handles. Cotton drawstring closure and inside pocket keeps your belongings secure. One of our best sellers!
Size: 13" x 17" x 9" with 6.5” handles
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About Mad Imports
 Mad Imports is a socially & environmentally responsible company that markets handmade handbags from Madagascar & Kenya. Their colorful accessories blend the traditional and contemporary design ideas of international artisan partners who incorporate renewable raw materials to create original clutches, totes and shoulder bags. The sale of these products enables families to gain economic independence and promotes environmental conservation.
Laurel Brandstetter (on Right) launched Mad Imports in 2003 as an outgrowth of a Madagascar-based development project started by her relative, James Sellers. With a background in community development, urban planning and volunteer public health work she realized an opportunity to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life in Malagasy and Kenyan communities through the sale of handmade accessories.
Mad Imports invests in several development efforts and work with youngsters and staff at the Akany Avoko orphanage to provide supplies, training and funding for the center’s craft workshop. They provide market readiness training workshops to artisan groups and small businesses in Madagascar and Kenya. They have facilitated the construction of several clean water wells in rural Kenya with the generous support of private funders.  They continue to work closely with artisan partners to support sustainable economic development projects, provide a venue for artistic expression and to stimulate cross-cultural exchange. This is accomplished through the ongoing product design and development process to ensure that the artisan partners will see sustainable growth from the sale of these products.
These products have been featured in major fashion publications including O, Domino, Lucky, Glamour, Cottage Living and on TV spots including E! News, the Today Show and CNN Headline News.
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