Established in 2003 Palcrafts is a registered Scottish charity limited by guarantee. Its primary purpose is the relief of poverty for Palestinian people by promoting their craft heritage and tragitional skills through education and through its trading arm Hadeel. Hadeel has Fair Trade

Fair trade

Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries make better trading conditions and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a higher price to producers as well as higher social and environmental standards...

 status to purchase, import and sell traditional crafts from producer groups, mainly women's cooperatives and people with special needs, providing social benefits through employment. The educational work aims to spread knowledge of the rich craft heritage of Palestine and the craft producers. All profits are used to make grants for further development of the producer groups.

In 2010 Hadeel received Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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's Lord Provost's Fair Trade General Award.