From Golden Tree Arts:

In northern Calcutta, there is a small but very well known district called Sonagachi, or Golden Tree. It is here that over 6,000 prostitutes work in multi-storied brothels many not through choice but because of poverty.

Golden Tree Arts is a fair-trade, socially responsible organization that empowers the disadvantaged. We will operate in partnership with the Kolkata-based business, Love Calcutta Arts who hires at-risk women and instills in them dignity and self-worth by training them with artisan skills. We enable their economic freedom by bringing their merchandise to the US marketplace. The market for socially responsible products is rapidly growing: the fair trade business in North America grossed an estimated $75 Million in 2004, a 17% increase over 2003. With fair trade certification, you can rest assured that the producers were paid a fair, sustainable wage that promotes opportunity. Golden Tree Arts empowers these disadvantaged women in developing countries to be able to achieve a better life.