About Dharmashop.com Store

Dharmashop.com Travels | Kathmandu Nepal HD from Dharmashop.com on Vimeo. Dharmashop.com went online in November of 1999. We started with just a few items then after a family trip to Nepal, DharmaShop founder Sander Cohen dedicated the website to supporting Himalayan Artists. Christy Cohen joined DharmaShop full time in 2002 and the small business started growing. DharmaShop is different we support artisans directly we travel to Nepal every year to maintain relationships and make sure our sourcing is ethical and sustainable. We never buy from Chinese factories or street vendors. We go directly to the artists themselves. Our goal is to build not just a customer base but a community online that supports the Tibetan Newar and Nepalese people. We donate a percentage of profits to Tibetan charities and in 2012 we partnered with the Himalayan Children Charities to support school children in the Kathmandu Valley. In 2006 we joined The Tibetan Nun Project to support ordained women living in exile. Christy is a Master Gardener artist and yoga practitioner who also loves to volunteer at our son school when she not working in the office or making jewelry for DharmaShop.