Fair Trade Elephant Teddy

This lovely hand knitted elephant was made with loving care to provide a beautiful gift for any child or adult!

These jungle teddies are made by a small fair trade project that started in Njoro, Kenya, in 1998, to help rural women find some much needed form of income using their spinning and knitting skills. The group buys homespun wool produced locally and knits it into toys, bed-covers, jerseys, socks, scarves, hats and other accessories. All the toys meet CE safety standards.
The group enables its workers to directly benefit from their efforts. Knitting is ideal; it requires minimal equipment and can be done when time permits. When the rains come and the family crops and vegetables need tending, not much knitting gets done. Now, in times of drought and crop failure, when the family garden is bare of supplementary vegetables, money can be earned to purchase the necessities of life.
Kenya is still very much a male orientated society where the wife and family may have little claim on a man’s earnings. A woman’s lot in the rural area is a hard one – no running water or readily available fuel for cooking; no transport to the market place; very little access to basic medical attention; school fees, books and uniforms to purchase – and certainly no money left over for any small luxury.

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