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How sweet are these? Gorgeous little bags in hot colours, hand made from
vegetable-dyed sisal. Yes, you are cute enough to carry one off.

Only £5.00+pp

 

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These great wall hangings are made from maize leaves and banana fibre.
Each one hand made and each one slightly different.

1   £10       2   £15       3   £20

 

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The Mama Biashara Mama Doll - made by Betty, originally from Uganda but now part of a Positive Women's group in Nairobi. The dolls come in three sizes.

They are gorgeous and can take quite a lot of cuddling.

Larg   £10+PP       Small   £4+pp       Keyring   £2+pp

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The Baobam tree. Also known as The Tree Of Life. I use mine as a Christmas Tree!
Hand made from Banana Fibre and wire. About 12" tall.

Wierd isn't it? You know you want one...

Only £5

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Have you got rhythm? You will with these. The Calabash (a kind of gourd) is left to dry
and then varnished, carved or decorated. The seeds are what makes the noise.

God's percussion, you might say.

Carved Small £5     Maasai Small £5     Large £10

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WELCOME TO MAMA BIASHARA

Or Karibu!

The bad news is that yes, Mama is a charity and yes, we want your money.
The good news is that these pages are full of great stuff made by amazing women (and the occasional man) in Nairobi. Toys and jewellery, bags and throws, craftwork, beadwork, fashion and 101 ways with banana fibre and maize leaves. No, seriously, you’d be surprised what a man can do with banana fibre and maize leaves !

Lots of the stuff is not just cool and eyecatching, but doing it’s bit to save the planet too ! Check out our gorgeous traditional style shopping/carrier bags which have been hand woven out of discarded carrier bags !

This is stuff you will not see anywhere else.
So you get feel-good factor in so many ways :
It will feel good buying something from Mama and knowing that the money you fork out for any of Mama’s goodies is going directly back to the maker of those goodies. If you want, we can even put you in touch with that person. When was the last time anyone offered you that ?
Let’s face it … it will feel good wearing stuff that gets you compliments
It will feel good letting others know about Mama and knowing that what they spend will go to help ‘your’ craftswoman and her family.
It will feel good to be the one who gets your younger friends and relatives the coolest toys and gifts. Something from Mama is sooooo cooler than a book token. And could include a Kenyan penpal !

All the crafts people are HIV+ and living in the slums of Nairobi.
They are women with talent and ideas, strength and a deep desire to lift themselves and their families out of the huge hole they find themselves in – a hole made by stigma and poverty, ill health and lack of nutrition, domestic violence and ignorance.

By setting them up in a little business, Mama Biashara helps them do just that. But every business needs a market.
Which is where you come in.
We need you to get your retail therapy here ! To go wild in our virtual isles ! And if you can buy in bulk to sell through your own outlet, so much the better. Contact us for our wholesale rates.
You could even sponsor a whole business … twin your hairdressing salon here with a salon in the Nairobi slums and exchange pictures … letters … hairstyling tips !
All the information for all your requests is here on the site.
And if not then just tell Mama and she’ll put it right.