WomenCraft

WomenCraft is a community driven social enterprise, based in Ngara, Kagera region, north western Tanzania. Ngara is a remote rural district bordering Rwanda and Burundi, far from Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam. WomenCraft works with rural Tanzanian and Burundian women to become contributing members of a successful fair-trade enterprise. The high quality products handcrafted by WomenCraft's artisans are bought and sold according to international fair-trade practices. By paying its artisans fair wages, WomenCraft envisions using its eventual profits to provide services to its artisans and the surrounding community. Through their work with WomenCraft, the women build business and practical skills so that they can take greater ownership of the enterprise. WomenCraft strives to partner with Burundian women, and works with many repatriated refugee artisans who until recently lived in Tanzanian refugee camps and who have now returned to Burundi to rebuild their lives. WomenCraft is committed to sustainable social and economic change while preserving the natural environment.