These fair trade & hand-made wooden beaded bowls are perfect for just about anything. They can be used for home organization, or as a beautiful focal point in your home office or living room. They also serve as a great key catch-all at your front door.

All designs are globally inspired through a deep desire to bring the rich culture of Rwanda basket weaving and make a beautiful addition to your home.

Specifications:

• Approximately 8” W x 4” H
• Fair Trade
• Made in Rwanda
• Products are made from all-natural fibers of sisal, glass beads, and jacaranda wood
• Organic dyes are used to dye the sisal
• Profiled weaver tag is attached to each product
• Food safe for serving

*All products are made by hand with love and vary slightly in color and size.

Made of the highest quality natural sisal fibers in an ethical, fair trade environment. Sisal is wound stitch by stitch around a small sweetgrass bundle. Handwoven, hand-beaded, and hand-carved in remote regions of Rwanda by three different artisan groups.

Care Instructions:

• After serving bread or other dried foods, turn the product upside down: shake and tap to release crumbs and residue.
• Avoid using chemicals or detergents.

*All products are made by hand with love and vary slightly in color and size.

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The income from baskets enables the women to provide for their families in life-changing ways: they are able to put nutritious food on the table, give the gift of education to their children, and provide health insurance for their families. Beyond these financial benefits, the baskets have also helped to provide a sense of pride and independence. Priscilla Ntivugurazwa explains about the pride she feels. "Being a basket weaver and businesswoman has provided me with a connection to a commercial bank, which has helped me take out a loan to construct a shop and storefront in partnership with my husband and other members of the cooperative." Women, like Priscilla, can now beam with confidence and dignity. They have opportunities that have rarely been available to the rural poor in Africa, let alone to women.. With honor and pride, these women now say: “I am a weaver.”

This Company creates employment for 3600 Artisans from Rwanda, Uganda, and Ghana. Increasing their earnings by 5x and impacting more than 19,000 family members and 100,000 community members. They are equipping and empowering women and men to succeed beyond their biggest dreams. Now, these women and men send their kids to school without traditional aid, through their own hard work.
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Impact:

• Fair Trade
• Sustainability
• Socio-Economic
• Eco-Friendly
• Employment