Imagine this on your table at your next dinner party - our circular raffia trays are perfect for entertaining! Style as a centerpiece on your table top, coffee table, or living room ottoman. These decorative trays are incredibly versatile. Use as ready to hang wall art and pair with other woven plates and handmade baskets. Display your bathroom accessories, scented candles, or decorative objects. The possibilities are endless! gift for birthdays or weddings too.
These breathtaking designs are handmade by talented woman in rural Uganda using the natural rafia to weave them.
From Swahili, meaning “employment jobs, source of income” KAZI’s mission is to create jobs and markets to alleviate poverty in Africa, empowering artisans to weave a better story for themselves. Baskets, plates + bowls are not only stunning table centrepieces but also do good. Made of organic dyed raffia + sweetgrass, each piece is carefully designed and made. Ideal for keys, masks, fruit, or simply being there themselves as art.
KAZI is currently one of only five companies to carry the Nest Seal of Ethical Handcraft on their Rwanda and Uganda products - the highest standards for assessing artisan homeworker production and supply chains. When you purchase these products, we hope you can feel good knowing everything is made ethically in a home or small workshop.
- Fair wage jobs
- Sustainable materials
- Quality craftsmanship
- Create employment for 4,575
artisans from Rwanda,
Uganda, and Ghana - Everyone deserves to make a fair wage
Nest Seal accredited
Global artisan work is notoriously unregulated, underserved, and unprotected. Nest ensures the production provides safe and empowering employment for all workers:
- Worker rights and wellbeing
- Child advocacy and protection
- Fair compensation and benefits
- Health and safety
- Environmental care
KAZI Handwoven TableTray
- Approximately 16” D x 2” H
- Fair Trade, Nest Seal of Transparency
- Made in Uganda
- Product is made from all natural fibers of raffia and sweetgrass
- Profiled weaver tag is attached to each product
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These delicately textured and woven trays were made by groups of women in small cooperatives across rural areas of Uganda in an ethical, fair trade environment. They weave together grass and raffia using a sewing needle to achieve these incredible pieces of art.
Cleaning
- If necessary, use a damp cloth to wipe or spot clean the basket.
- After serving bread or other dried foods, turn the product upside down: shake and tap to release crumbs and residue.
- Avoid using chemicals or detergents
- Made of natural fibers and grass; do not submerge in water.
- Due to being all natural fibers, keep dyed products out of direct sunlight for long periods of time to avoid natural fading.
- All natural products with little or no coloring do well in direct sunlight.