St. Stephen Children's Centre
Makondo, Uganda, Africa
Buy or Sell our crafts:
As part of our income generating projects, we train and provide work opportunities for women and youth in craft-making, including hand-woven items such as mats, baskets, hats and handbags, bark cloth items such as postcards, greeting cards, photo frames, and decorative boxes, as well as wood carvings, painted gourds, drums, and jewellery. We also offer Christmas cards and ornaments during our annual Christmas Craft drive. Selling of these crafts helps to generate funds for the organization and for the craft groups we support.
We are currently not able to sell crafts internationally, but we do sell to local markets and to people visiting our centre.
A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good
he does in this world to his fellowmen - Mohammed
Buy or Sell our crafts:
Our company, Relationship Coffee, is based on layers of trust. I work to help African coffee, sugar and tea farmers by empowering them to organise themselves and have them acquire whatever business infrastructure to sell their products and have access to North American wealth. I also work with Ben and St. Stephen Children's Centre and other groups to buy their crafts so that the organization and their efforts can be supported. Products are promoted on our website and word of mouth when selling the coffee, sugar, and tea, since I tell the people that part of buying the coffee etc. involves supporting the centre. This has sometimes brought more coffee and business because they like the whole package we offer.
We are very passionate about coffee and for me there is something very satisfying about being able to trust people – rather than corporations. I will continue to work with Ben to empower them.
Dick Nagtegaal, Relationship Coffee Co. (www.relationshipcoffee.biz)
To the whole world you may be a single soul,
but to a single soul you may be a whole world - K. Ssenoga
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