{"id":1267,"date":"2013-01-09T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2013-01-09T13:42:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T11:42:08","slug":"substainable-future-in-zanzibar-support-and-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/09\/substainable-future-in-zanzibar-support-and-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable future on Zanzibar&#8230; support and make a difference!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever thought when shopping for your souveniers on tour where they come from?\u00a0 Are they mass factory produced and not the real deal, or are the artists \u00a0getting the right monies for their goods? Acacia Africa likes to support local initiatives in the communities we visit in order to build a substainable future for artisans and their families. If you\u2019re headed to Zanzibar and have a handbag fetish, or need a quality gift to take home, check our FAHARI which is close to Africa House on Kenyatta Road.<\/p>\n<p>FAHARI was started by Julie Lawrence, internationally renowned designer, and offers free training to Zanzibari women in handcrafts. Its purpose is to provide a sustainable livelihood, primarily to women, through training in the design and production of quality handcraft products leading to sales and income. So far 54 women from 6 groups around the island have already received free training and their lives, and that of their families, radically improved financially. Out of the women initially trained, 17 have been promoted and are working at Fahari full time, learning new skills as a move up from their technical training &#8211; design, production management, pricing and costing, book keeping. They, in turn, will now be involved in the training of 20 new students from the disabled sector, and later on the training of youth graduating from SOS village orphanage.\u00a0 In this way, they will also become mentors and, inspire newcomers, grow in self-confidence themselves and eventually be able to run the organization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/?attachment_id=1268\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1268\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" alt=\"download\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/download.jpg\" width=\"124\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All products at Fahari \u00a0are made to international standards of both design and manufacture but produced entirely from Tanzanian materials to benefit the local economy\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0bags and accessories are skillfully created from\u00a0local hand dyed and plaited palm leaf, colorful African kitenges and safari tenting canvas combined with local leathers, and the jewelry is beautifully hand-crafted from locally farmed Zanzibar oyster shell or local cow horn, which is hand polished, carved and combined with precious metals and Tanzanian gemstones.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Fahari workshop where you can watch bags, jewelry and other accessories being skillfully manufactured. 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