Description
- Your purchase of this rounded bicycle basket, woven from durable elephant grass, and dyed in lovely shades of turquoise and green, supports generations of women and their families in Bolgatanga, one of the world's most impoverished areas.
- Pretty basket fastens to your bike with adjustable leather buckle straps, strap color may vary.
- Need to go shopping? Going for a bike ride and a picnic? Do you commute to work? Great reasons to get a sturdya and fashionable bike basket!
- Fair Trade allows artisans a fair wage to support their families.
- Handcrafted item, size may vary but approximate size is 8"h x 13"w x 8"d. Basket colors may vary as well but should be in the range of the photo.
Fair Trade Artisans: Ghana:Trade Aid Integrated. The Upper East region is the most impoverished area of Ghana, with 90% of the people living below the poverty line. Trade Aid Integrated finds employment for the rural poor of northern Ghana. Generations of women from 17 different communities near Bolgatonga, have learned to weave the distinctive and brightly-colored bolga baskets, using sturdy elephant grass, which grows along rivers and streams, and other natural fibers. Through fair trade, members of Trade Aid are paid a fair price for each basket and additional funds are invested in the community.
