1) Bagdha Enterprise — Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) began this project in 1982 to create employment for rural women. An all-women management committee now directs the association’s business. Women come together in one central location to clean, sort and spin hemp fibers into rope and twine. The twine may then be used to make products such as purses and bath mitts. Hemp twine is made in remote villages that are susceptible to flooding during the rainy season because of their location along the banks of the Ganges River. Many families depend solely on twine income to support themselves. Bagdha Enterprise currently employs 55 artisans.

2) Biborton Handmade Paper — In 1993 MCC opened the Biborton Handmade Paper project in the Agailjhara area of Barisal District. The artisans with Biborton work at home, using the stem of water hyacinth to make paper. Currently, approximately 70 artisans work at Biborton Handmade Paper; 40 artisans make the paper and another 30 artisans make the paper products.

3) Bonoful Handmade Paper — Bonoful Handmade Paper was started in 1996 with funds provided by the embassies of Japan and Germany and MCC. Artisans at Bonoful Handmade Paper make paper from cotton, hemp, wheat straw and pineapple leaves. Many of the handmade paper items in the Ten Thousand Villages product line, including gift bags, photo albums, journals and giftwrap, are made by Bonoful Handmade Paper. Approximately 59 artisans currently work at Bonoful Handmade Paper.

4) Jobarpar Enterprises — Jobarpar Enterprises was started in 1984 as the Jobarpar Rope and Twine Project. In 1990, after discovering that the market could not support two rope projects, Jobarpar began exploring coconut production. In 1993, coconut production was abandoned and the project, renamed Jobarpar Enterprises, focused on water hyacinth products. Jobarpar currently purchases water hyacinth paper from Biborton Handmade Paper and creates products from a combination of water hyacinth paper, fiber and rope. Jobarpar currently employs 45 artisans in addition to a manager.

5) Keya Palm Handicrafts — Keya Palm Handicrafts was started in the fall of 1987 when seven women from Nari Jagoroni Somity learned to make bracelets, pencil holders, napkin rings, baskets and a variety of other products out of keya leaves and palm leaves. Today Keya Palm Handicrafts employs 90 artisans full time and 20 artisans on a temporary basis to make decorative items from keya and palm leaves.

6) Saidpur Enterprises — In 1976, concerned that the same malnourished children kept showing up at its feeding center, MCC started Action Bag Handicrafts to give mothers a way to feed their children. Today the name has been changed to Saidpur Enterprises. The project employs 50 women, ages 20 to 35, including many widows. The women sew bags either by hand or machine.

7) Shuktara Handmade Paper Project — One of the most established MCC projects in Bangladesh is Shuktara Handmade Paper Project, located in Feni. This project was developed to revive a traditional craft and create rural employment for poor women. At Shuktara, a Bengali word meaning "morning star," about 80 women produce paper from jute scraps and hemp. Shuktara can produce thousands of full-size sheets of handmade paper per day.

Ten Thousand Villages purchases handmade paper and handmade paper items including boxes, cards, flowers, journals and lamp shades, as well as ceramic pots, palm leaf and paper ornaments, and decorations from MCC Bangladesh. Ten Thousand Villages also purchases henna kits, jute napkin rings, hemp and coconut fiber rugs, jute rope and jute and canvas bags, as well as clay and terra cotta pots. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from MCC Bangladesh since 1986.