New Arrivals at the Center Shop Handmade in Eldoret, Kenya
Looking for a one-of-a-kind gift idea this year? Handmade products from the Imani Workshops are handcrafted from beautiful natural materials. A wide variety of products including:
Imani Magazine Beads-made from tightly rolled magazine pages, and combined with glass beads to create unique and eco-friendly jewelry. Poah Beads-Handcrafted ceramic beads made of fired Kenyan clays with a variety of glazes Kenya Bone Jewelry-exotic carved and stained cow bone beads in a variety of shapes and patterns. African Kitenge Hand Bags-Made with traditional East African Kitenge cloth. Lined and quilted with zipper opening, interior and exterior pockets.
The Imani Workshop was established in 2005 as a branch of the Family Preservation Initiative, under the IU-Kenya Partnership's AMPATH program. The Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS (AMPATH) is a working model of urban and rural HIV preventative and treatment services in the public sector. AMPATH currently cares for more than 55,000 HIV infected adults and children in Western Kenya. Your purchase of Imani Workshop products supports this work.
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