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Handicraft Soul

Our Impact Partner, Handicraft Soul, is a fair trade & artisan marketplace, a small business with a social purpose!

Their aim is to form meaningful partnerships with artisans in Africa and bring their products to new markets in the U.S. Some of their partner artisans are independent entrepreneurs, while others are social enterprise groups, which teach their members new skills, offer fair wages, and provide a safe working environment.

Many of the goods they sell are also environmentally-friendly, using recycled or re-purposed materials.

By building relationships and connecting high quality, unique products to new customers, they hope to see artisans and their businesses flourish!

Empowerment through Employment + Empowers Women + Reduced Waste Lifestyle

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Their Artisan Partners

Information quoted from handicraftsoul.com

Karoofelt

Karoofelt

Karoofelt is a social enterprise that operates in the Karoo region of South Africa, a very rural region where unemployment rates are very high, especially for women. They teach the women the skills they need to crochet the children's products they make, such as the baby booties we carry.

Baobab Batik

Baobab Batik

Baobab Batik is a social enterprise based in Swaziland, Southern Africa, founded in 1991, offering sustainable work opportunities for women who make batik scarves, home goods, and other accessories.

Ukuthunga Handmade

Ukuthunga Handmade

Ukuthunga Handmade is a social enterprise based in Mpumalanga, South Africa focused on creating employment and skills development for women who do not have formal employment.

Nick & Nichol's

Nick & Nichol's

Nick & Nichol's is a brand developed by couple Nick and Nicole Nyalungu, who are based in White River, South Africa. The products they design and make by hand are made using upcycled inner tubes from car and truck tires, and are lined with colorful African fabrics.

Shwe

Shwe

Shwe is a social enterprise group based in the greater area of Johannesburg, South Africa that makes high quality cooler bags and handbags from recycled materials.

Made In Ghana

Made In Ghana

Made in Ghana is a sourcing agent committed to fostering ethical business relationships with artisans who produce beautiful, handmade products made largely from upcycled materials.  Our partners receive support tailored to their unique needs in areas such as product design, quality control measures, export processes, international payment processing, marketing, and raw material sourcing with an emphasis on having a sustainable, ethical supply chain.  

Woza Moza

Woza Moza

The colorful woven telephone wire bowls we sell are made by Woza Moya, the economic empowerment project of the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust which is a holistic HIV/AIDS project that was started in 1991 in Durban, South Africa. Since its inception, the Centre has attempted to uplift the lives of those both infected and affected by HIV/AIDS through practical and sustainable care. 

About The Partner & Their Impact

Information quoted from handicraftsoul.com

All of the products they sell are completely made by hand, with a lot of love. 

They carefully select the artisan groups they partner with to ensure that each artisan is paid fairly and works in an uplifting environment. 

Currently they are working with 6 different artisan groups under fair trade guidelines across 3 countries in Africa -- South Africa, Swaziland (eSwatini), and Ghana.

These groups collectively employ over 110 people, the majority of them women.

Many of the artisans depend on their income from their work with these groups as the sole income for their entire family.

The artisans they invest in are...

On average, paid 2-3 times the minimum wage in South Africa for their work.

Paid in a timely manner.

Part of uplifting work communities.

All of the groups they work with offer other forms of support in addition to earning a living wage, such as access to interest-free loans (often to help pay school fees for their children), special skills training to improve existing skills or learn new ones, personal support, and more.

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Shwe Shwe Cooler Bag by Handicraft Soul
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Crochet Elephant Teddy by Handicraft Soul
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Pink Protea Reusable Bowl Cover Set by Handicraft Soul
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Crochet Giraffe Teddy by Handicraft Soul
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Crochet Lion Teddy by Handicraft Soul
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