For as long as time knows, Kalimantan has been the center of the world’s biodiversity, home to the world’s oldest forest, and the jewel of our earth. With its dense forest canopy, the rich tradition of its indigenous habitants, to the gemstones hiding under its land, the island of Kalimantan – widely known as Borneo, is a precious jewel that has preserved the world’s balance for centuries. Today, with rapid globalization, the island is moving forward with it, to the extent of losing its natural identity. The exponential development of the extractive industry has caused a high rate of deforestation, an inter-generational knowledge gap, a decline in sustainable forest-based products, and the incapability to supply an adequate amount of food to its people. Not only that, a lot of Dayak people are evicted from their own lands. HANDEP was born out of the intention to help reconnect our fellow Dayak people to their rich lands and forests, to help the people be capable to sustain their local resources. All while adding value to what they have, and economically growing together as a community. The name HANDEP is borrowed from the Dayak Ngaju dialect, which as a whole means the spirit of working together and helping each other as a family or community. We are reconnecting the people closest to us, to not only the lands and forest around them but to their long-lived tradition and values, in respect of nature and to preserve the world they live in, as it should be. #handep #handepharuei #homedecor #ethicalproducts #sustainablefashion #ethicalfashion #handmade #sustainableproducts #greenfashion #gayadayak #localgoesglobal #socialenterprise #dayakpreneur #dayakgoesglobal #rattanfortheworld #ecofriendlyproducts #bali #indonesianfashion #asianfashion #balimarket #slowfashion #consciousconsumption #dayakweaving #fromforesttofashion #homedecoration #womenempowerment #womensfashion #consciousconsumer #thebeautyoftheequator #fashionrevolution