Handmade African Beaded Animal Box with Elephant top Handmade #06

Description

We are pleased to offer this beautiful beaded African animal  box.
The round "box" measures approx. 2.75" tall
(not counting animal topper)
and 1.25" in diameter  and has a removable lid with a beautifully sculpted beaded elephant topper.  (approx 4" total height)
Glass seed bead & wire construction.
Each box is carefully hand crafted in South Africa by a Northern Rangelands Trust social enterprise which creates opportunities for pastoralist women in northern Kenya to translate their traditional skills into much-needed income.
By promoting peaceful community partnerships, your purchase helps in conserving natural resources and wildlife through self-governed, community-owned Conservancies and sustainable, social and ethical enterprise.
WHY IT WORKS
Women are earning. Wildlife and environments are thriving because community Conservancies to organize Women’s Groups and provide the training, resources and support the women need to participate in community-to-market value chain. Since 2005, participants have grown to include over 1000 women in 135 self-governed Women’s Groups, all earning increasing incomes through this network. This income enables the women to survive and improve their families’ lives, without resorting to environmentally damaging activities such as charcoal production, or overburdening their fragile grasslands with sheep and goats. When women have reliable incomes which are independent of unpredictable rainfall, communities and wildlife are able to thrive – together.
HOW IT WORKS
This endeavor is an enterprise,  not a charity. It operates with deep respect for tradition in a contemporary world.  These beaded products come from individual artisans, self-governed women’s groups and meaningful community relationships – not factories.   The women who make these beaded products are involved in refining product quality and design, improving their skills and building group leadership.  These products not only embody the integrity of the artisans who make them, but also help support the survival of the wildlife who depend on them.