Description

Natural Woven Fruit Bowl – Handmade and Fairtrade

Handcrafted by Congolese refugee weavers, this beautiful natural woven fair trade fruit basket is made from natural grasses with woven copper detailing. A lovely focal point to your dining room table holding a selection of fruit or a trinket dish for the shelf. 

Basket weaving in East Africa is a skill passed down from mothers to daughters and holds great cultural significance, with pieces having not only practical use but also having deep symbolic meaning. Baskets are carefully crafted and given as gifts on special occasions. Each piece takes up to 2 weeks to make, using coiling, plaiting and braiding techniques, with the poignant stories of their maker woven into each bowl. This fair trade bowl is perfect for initiating the conversation about people forcibly displaced by war, violence, disaster and persecution and supporting building a better future for refugees. 

MADE51 is an initiative brought to life by the UNHRC, the UN Refugee Agency, providing refugees the opportunity to use their craftsmanship to regain economic independence. This small woven fruit bowl is crafted by Congolese refugees living in Zambia. 

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