High quality cotton canvas bag with raffia patch design on the front with velcro tab fastening. Cotton lining and zipped compartment inside.
Let's unite
Mrs. Flotea Massawe is the founder and Managing Director of Marvellous Batik. Mrs. Massawe's story goes back to 1985. She was married and worked at home to care for the house and her family.
However, she realized that being a housewife was not really helping her and her family, her husband's income was not enough to meet the needs of the family.
Therefore in 1985 she decided to learn few skills especially in batik making as a way of finding means and ways to support her husband and increase their income.
After learning skills from her friends, she decided to produce batik and in 1991 she formed Marvellous Batik. Marvellous Batik apart from selling Batiks, clothes, garments, home decorations etc, also provide training for those who need to enter into that field or to improve their skills. Marvellous Batik is operated in a way that all the workers knows the income generated, expenses incurred and the surplus.
"It is easy to work in the Fair Trade environment. Let's unite North and South to work for better results among the SME's and the disadvantaged groups in the world and also buy from us to create an impact among the FAIR TRADE members family." Flotea, Kwanza, Tanzania. (Photo: Leon Whotton)
Fair Trade Producer Details
The Kwanza Collection Company Ltd. is a small private company which grew out of Traidcraft Exchange's work in Tanzania. Based in Dar es Salaam, it provides export marketing services to about 30 craft producer groups across Tanzania. Some are micro enterprises, with a few people working informally in a home environment. Others are more formal social development groups.
Altogether Kwanza hads links with nearly 700 women and over 200 men and is seeking to find them extra sales in both fair trade and mainstream markets. Kwanza has four employees to cover large areas of the country, as well as the majority of the groups which are based in or around Dar es Salaam.
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