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SKU: jkcard37
Availability: In Stock
Origin: Kenya
Size: 4" x 6", envelope included
Materials: Soda can aluminum, recycled wire, paper
Celebrate the spirit of cooperation with our recycled note card from Kenya. Featuring two guitarists playing together, each card is crafted from wire and recycled aluminum.
These one-of-a-kind cards are made by at-risk teenagers in a Kenyan co-op dedicated to turning people's lives around through art and education. Each sale is of direct benefit to Africans in need.
Sold singly. Aluminum design will vary depending on recycled materials.
Jarida Crafts is a social enterprise that creates hand made cards to customers and employees a variety of teenage individuals including drop-outs, young mothers, and street youth. While their circumstances might vary they all have one thing in common: creativity and their desire to share their art with others.
Not only does Jarida Crafts employee an at risk demographic, but takes
it one step farther by offering classes to help shape their life. They
have introduced sports to keep teenagers from getting into trouble after
hours, hold seminars about the dangers of unsafe sex and drugs, and
have classes introducing a variety of other crafts to help form life
long skills.