Uganda Crafts 2000 Ltd.

Uganda Crafts 2000 Limited is a Ugandan owned Fair Trade Craft wholesaler and retailer.
They export Fair Trade crafts around the world and  also run a local crafts store selling to locals and tourists a variety of Ugandan, Kenyan and Congolesse art and craft pieces.  They run training courses on behalf of other organisations on request as well as in house training for artisans already in their network.  They also offer design know how and ideas to their artisans to keep their products up to date and competitive.

Essentially the Uganda Crafts 2000 team is made up of a small number of staff that run the shop and the export business administration, design, quality control and packing.  There are also all the individual artisans, community craft producer groups and supportive organizations that produce the crafts from their homes that they consider to be part of the Uganda Crafts 2000 family.

Among their mission and goals is to create and sustain jobs, especially for the marginalized and disadvantaged, people with disabilities, widows, orphans, and people living with HIV, to improve the quality of Ugandan handicrafts by encouraging uniform standards, creativity and ingenuity in designs, colors, patterns and materials, to preserve traditional African cultures by marketing and promoting various handicrafts locally and internationally, and also, to support environmental sustainability and increase the economic viability of village living by encouraging in-home production using local materials.

Directory Details:

Name: Uganda Crafts 2000 Ltd
Category: Product Design
Country: Uganda
Website: www.ugandacrafts2000ltd.com