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Product Information
Unique Fair Trade Safari charm necklace, featuring delicately crafted bone animal shapes.
The small beads on the linen thread are a mix of cow bone beads, hand made ceramic beads from West Africa, seeds and glass. The african animal charms are made from waste cow bone. A sanding machine is used to shape the bone and then the patterns are created with hot wax.
The animal charms can include zebra, giraffe, rhino, elephant and lion.
The necklace closes with a brass hook. The thread is olive green and made from linen.
Why not complement the look with the matching animal charm bracelet and earrings, also available from our range? (See below)
Also, why not choose a recycled Fair Trade jewellery gift box or pouch to store your new necklace? (See below)
This Fair Trade charm necklace with bone animal shapes was hand crafted in Kenya.
Dimensions - the necklace has a drop of 22 cmm approx.
Producer Information
Zuri Design is a UK based importer which has set up and works closely with a number of projects in Kenya.
For instance, one project is called Xcel Concepts and specialises in cow bone bead making. It was started in 2005 and has recently moved into a new premises in Kibera slum, on the outskirts of Nairobi. The aim of the project now is for it to become self sustainable. It has plans to be co-owned by 4 of the orginal young street boys who were trained on project start-up programmes and who have remained comitted to their work. They are now producing top quality beads that are used by a number of other producer groups including our beautiful animal themed range of jewellery.
This project involves bringing change to the cow bone jewellery industry in Kibera slum, Nairobi. This craft industry has been around since the late 70’s and employs over 500 people in Nairobi. These workers are almost always underpaid and work with dangerous machinery and in dirty and unsafe workshops.
Most of these workshops are based in the slums, including the workshop this project helped to start. The work is highly skilled, yet the workers of this industry are often exploited, with middle men taking advantage of the fact many buyers are too scared to visit workshops in the slum. The idea of this project is to set up and run an example workshop so that others locally can see the benefits of adhering to Fair Trade principles.
A second project is Luckysama Women`s Group, named after the area in Nairobi where the ladies live. The 7 employees here work from home, buying cow bone beads from the project above and finishing them off into the stylish jewellery items you can see in our range.
Our Kisii Soapstone range is produced by Art Safi Self Help Group, based in Kisii and Nairobi, Kenya, who are paid between 25% and 50% above the local market wholesale price in Kenya. Additionally, the workers are paid 50% of order value upfront and the balance is paid on time. This helps members of the self help group which include carvers, artists and those who sand, wax and pack the items support their families better.
