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Featured Gift Shop Item: Set of 3 Beaded Bowls from Kenya

Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Freedom Center Staff

beadedboxweb1Each piece is hand-beaded with care by the Samburu women of the Sampiripiri Arts workshop, Ol Malo.Your purchase of a beaded Table Setting Package will provide a Samburu woman with three weeks work and enable her to give her family many of life’s necessities. Each piece signed by artisan.

Ol Malo Designs is a company owned and run by Julia Francombe that provides employment and help for the Samburu people in Kenya, and develops their talents through art. Julia employs more than 100 Samburu women who do the incredible beadwork, a native skill. These Kenyan beaded products are sold locally in the Ol Malo Designs shop, and internationally through distribution partners. *May vary in size and color 2-4″ nesting diameter/height.

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