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Photo: Courtesy of Songa
Basket Weaving
Songa Designs International isn’t charity. It’s a business that empowers artisans by creating jobs in under-resourced countries so workers may earn their way to economic independence. In Rwanda, Songa is preserving a skill almost 1,000 years old by employing women to hand-weave the Agaseke, the country’s oldest traditional basket. The baskets are made from natural fibers such as sisal plant, banana leaf and palm leaf and have 30,000 each.