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Mabinti – rebuilding lives, one woman at a time 9 Jul 2010 | 11:17 pm
These bags are made by women from the Mabinti Centre, which trains women recovering from fistula surgery in silk screen printing, beading and sewing. Click here for a FleetingFridays writeup about ob...
Paper jewellery 16 Jun 2010 | 02:41 am
Made up of old magazine paper and tiny maasai beads, these necklaces are hardy, simple, chic and environmentally friendly. A best-seller after the soap – all my stock was snapped up at the first house...
A new look at old glass 15 Jun 2010 | 01:15 am
Broken window panes and used wine bottles get a new life at Wonder Welders in the form of recycled glass jewellery. Wonder Welders are a group of polio victims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who have fo...
Reduce reuse recycle 12 Jun 2010 | 01:59 am
These cute little hand-carry bags are made from old billboards. There aren’t really any billboards of the like in Singapore, so this is really a piece of Tanzania in a bag. Think of a cardboard canvas...
Fluffy bubbly rainbow soap 7 Jun 2010 | 10:26 pm
The soap are made from pure coconut oil harvested from Mafia Island, Tanzania, and are handmade by the local mamas. I swear my skin is much less dry since I’ve started using them for showers (almost a...
