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Artisan Stories

In the South East of Kenya, villages are scattered around the few hills in the dry land of Tsavo.

Among these villages, you may find a group of artisans sitting under a huge baobab tree, chatting and laughing. As they talk, see their busy skillful hands tending to a craft that has been handed down through generations - the weaving of colourful sisal fibre baskets.

These women - their art, tradition, and history - are the artisans who make the Hadithi basket and more. 

Read more about the artisans behind our different product lines.

Fineweave Baskets Safari Animals

  

Made by hand, every basket is different, and presenting all these single pieces celebrates the skills and unicity of the basket weavers art.

By selling crafts the women can earn money and keep up their household and farming activities as well. Most if not all the money goes straight to education, health and nutrition for the entire family. The ladies making handicrafts get the practice that leads to skills, satisfaction that leads to self-esteem and encouragement that leads to initiative. A feel of a future…

 

 

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