Nature's Garden Women's Multi-purpose Cooperative is a registered livelihood project making original handmade papers, cards, bags and other handicraft items. Based in a poor rural part of the Philippines, it is presently providing the main source of income for families of the village in which it is based.

On November 29th, 2004, the area suffered landslides and devastating flash floods with a large loss of life. The calamity received very little publicity as it was superceded by the widespread tragedy of the tsunami. We, thanks to the solidarity of women in Austria and other friends, recovered our lost equipment and in hope started again. One of our members, Edna, lost her youngest child to the flood waters and she has since given birth to a little girl.

BY choosing to buy from us at the women's cooperative you are not giving charity but you are using your purchasing power to make a real difference in people's lives. GORTA Ireland has supported us us for some years now, but we still need more sales; the women are producing over 1000 cards a week.

If you would like to buy some of the beautiful hand made cards from Natures Garden, we would love to hear from you at on of the contact numbers.