EVERY PURCHASE YOU MAKE HAS AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD. PURCHASES BASED ON FAIR TRADE CREATE DEMAND FOR A FAIRER WORLD BY SHOWING YOU VALUE NOT JUST THE PRODUCT, BUT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT!
Beautiful handmade, Fair Trade baskets from Uganda, made from Banana fiber, raffia, and natural dyes.
This picture shown makes it hard to see the depth, but I want to let you know that these are all fruit-type baskets with a depth of about 2-3" deep.
NAWOU, The National Association of Womens Organizations in Uganda, is a non-governmental organization representing over 1000 groups of women in Uganda. The organization provides the women of rural Uganda with a network where they can discuss issues of their communities and offers a consolidated presence throughout the country and the world.
Uganda is an agrarian culture, with most crafts made from vegetable matter including raffia grass and fiber from the banana plant. The women of the country are often the breadwinners of the family and spend much of their day weaving baskets to sell in the local and international markets. Their profits from the sale of crafts are used to provide the basics for their families, including food, health care, and education.
The women are proud of their tightly woven coil baskets and are still amazed that people around the world want to own them.
Here are a few of our fair trade baskets from Uganda, some styles may sell out quickly and we are constantly ordering new designs of whatever is available, so please check back often, or email to check availability.
Here are some of the products in this category: let me say that the colors in all of these baskets are just awesome, they are all so beautiful in person.
Beautiful handmade, Fair Trade baskets from Uganda, made from Banana fiber, raffia, and natural dyes.
This picture shown makes it hard to see the depth, but I want to let you know that these are all fruit-type baskets with a depth of about 2-3" deep.