Basket Shoulder Bag
This beautiful bag is handmade by our groups in Kenya. The baskets are made from the local sisal plants which can be found everywhere. Our producers harvest the sisal, extract the fibers, dye them, spin threads, and hand-weave the final products. The bag has a practical inner cotton lining with drawstring closure and is finished with real leather details.
9 x 6 x 8 inches.
OTHERS is a commercial enterprise, owned by The Salvation Army. Our operations follow ordinary business practice, but all proceeds go back into developing the concept and creating more jobs. The supply chain varies in accordance with the varied nature of our products and our sales channels, and so it's not possible to identify a fixed portion of the price of each individual product that goes back to the producer. But at the bottom of each price calculation is a guaranteed fair wage for the producer. In this way our products are comparable to "fair trade" products. Salaries are determined with reference to local standards and are regularly reviewed.
The main goal of OTHERS is creating employment. The core of the concept is that each product that you buy contributes to the creation of fairly compensated work for people who would otherwise have limited opportunities. Production units are in many cases linked with The Salvation Army's community development programs, where producers receive necessary counselling and support.
