Hayden Hall provides job opportunities and training for unemployed women in several workshops.

Weavers use traditional backstrap looms for the distinctive Hayden Hall bags, backpacks and purses

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There is a sewing room where women learn to sew and assemble the hand-loomed items.

Most hand-knits are crafted at home: knitters pick up yarn one week and deliver sweaters, caps and baby booties the next week.

Tibetan-style carpets are knotted, trimmed and finished in another workshop.

All the Hayden Hall artisans participate in a handicrafts cooperative and make their own decisions about their work.

While working at Hayden Hall, women are also enrolled in a health program that covers basic medical expenses, a lunch program, and their children benefit from the many children's programs, from day-care and health care through after-school tutoring to help with public or private school fees.

Hayden Hall markets its products in two stores located in Darjeeling, and is fully licensed for overseas shipping.

If you would like to purchase one-- or a boatload-- of Hayden Hall's exquisitely crafted items, simply click here to download order forms to email, fax or snail mail to us.