NEEPAHUT
Buyers are raving!
This shop got multiple 5-star reviews in the past 7 days.
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Artisanal Handwoven Home Goods
Connecting Communities | Empowering Artisans
Make a difference #getwoven
Announcement
Artisanal Handwoven Home Goods
Connecting Communities | Empowering Artisans
Make a difference #getwoven
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Maria Pia on Mar 28, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI love my purchase! I had a few questions regarding my order and Jennifer was very quick to respond and ease my worries. Will definitely be purchasing from NEEPAHUT in the future!
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Adelaide on Feb 2, 2021
5 out of 5 starsLove it! I use this as a nappy caddy in my nursery. It’s perfect. Shopping was also super fast.
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Jordan on Apr 14, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThese placemats are great! Beautiful color, come out well in the wash and dry. Love them!
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Jana on Apr 14, 2021
5 out of 5 starsSo beautiful and well packaged, thank you so much! This will live in our newborn's room and help to clear the air in the space <3
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Kimberly on Apr 13, 2021
5 out of 5 starsI absolutely LOVE these little baskets. I ordered 2 to begin with, then turned around and ordered 2 more. I LOVE the colors of them, the sturdiness of each basket, and the overall quality. They are perfect. I am a Fulltime RV’er and these baskets come in handy for so many small little things around our home on wheels. I have a basket on the nightstand to capture my glasses, my phone, bedroom TV remote. I have another basket in the main living area to capture TV remotes. I have a third basket to capture the multitude of pens and pencils laying around the house, and a fourth basket to capture all of the various mobile phone power cords, earbuds, and stuff like that. They are wonderful and I have received so many compliments. Thank you!
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About NEEPAHUT
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We distill the artistic beauty of Southeast Asia by finding the region’s unique hand woven crafts for your modern home.
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Our woven crafts are made with natural materials and sourced responsibly from indigenous artisan communities.
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Weaving is a slow process. These unique baskets transport a piece of the artisans' traditions into your modern home.
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With each purchase you are providing the weavers with supplemental income for their family's education and health care.
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Together we are keeping the weaving tradition alive!
NEEPA HUT STORY
01 - OUR FOUNDER
JENNIFER SHUM ABELEV is the Los Angeles-based social entrepreneur behind NEEPA HUT. Her desire to make a positive impact was sparked by spending time with artisan communities in Southeast Asia. Seeing the women practice their respective crafts, she was struck by their ingenuity and perseverance, despite their humble surroundings.
Motherhood, for her, took on a new significance after spending time with these women. Consequently, she traded her career in finance for a new challenge, focused on preserving the heritage of Southeast Asia artisans through NEEPA HUT.
The crafts of our artisans shape the social fabric of their villages, and help them provide for their children and families. It is their sense of community and togetherness that Jennifer hopes to extend through NEEPA HUT’s products.
02 - OUR STORY takes roots in the coastlands dotting the Indian and the Pacific oceans, where, traditionally, indigenous people lived in stilt shacks with roofs covered in nipa palm. Today, nipa huts have come to symbolize the Filipino value of bayanihan, the spirit in which the people of a community come together in an effort to achieve a common goal. It is this sense of communal unity from which NEEPA HUT draws its inspiration.
03 - OUR MISSION is to extend the value of bayanihan by promoting and preserving the skills, crafts, and heritage of artisans from areas most affected by natural disasters, poverty, or overdevelopment.
4 - OUR VALUES are inspired by the artisans’ dedication to the traditional methods of their crafts and their commitment to the sustainability of their land and its natural products. All of our goods are carefully selected, of premium quality, handmade and locally sourced in fair trade. Our vendors themselves come from the communities that create our specially chosen collections.
Shop members
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Jennifer
Owner, Curator
Connecting Communities + Empowering Artisans Make a difference #getwoven
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Artery Team
Digital Marketing Specialist
We take care of Search Engine Optimization.
Production partners
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Social Enterprise
Philippines
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the rural villages in the Visayas Islands in the Philippines. With help from local social entrepreneurs, communities of artisan weavers came together to restore their homes and livelihoods using the traditional crafts that had sustained generations before them.
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Indigenous weavers
Kuching, Malaysia
In the Sarawak region of Borneo Island, surrounded by dense green rainforest and steep limestone mountains, indigenous tribes of the Bidayuh come together during the low agriculture season to weave a variety of traditional baskets.
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I gladly accept returns and exchanges
I don't accept cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
- Items on sale
I accept returns I do not accept returns
I accept exchanges I do not accept exchanges
I accept cancellations I do not accept cancellations
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for: