Zuri Design

	Three Sisters

	Zakala Creations

	Art Safi Self Help Group, Kisii & Nairobi, Kenya

	Excel Concepts - Bead Making Project

	Ndoh Creations

	Wami Creations

	Zingira Nyanza Community Craft

	Janabella, Kenya

	Lucksama Women's Group

	Excel Project, Kibera Slum, Nairobi April

	Consalata Youth Rehabilitation Programme (COYREP) Nairobi

	Soapstone Homeware & Gifts

	Sandals

	Jewellery Ranges

	Handbags

	Recycled Tin and Bottle Tops

	scrap metal

Click on one of the producers below to find out more about what they do for zuri

Three Sisters - 1-Aug-2010

Three Sisters is a womans group who make beautiful jewellery using recycled magazines. The group is based in Jinja, Uganda. It was started by three friends Ida Bazonoona, Irene Kimeze and Apophia Kwesiga. The three woman are the main breadwinners for their families so they started making the popular paper jewellery as a means of earning an extra income.

Zakala Creations - 2-Feb-2009

Feb 2009 Update to Project:

The workshop is going from strength to strength. Recently it was re-furbished and fitted with internet access. This is a big help to the group who had to travel into town through Nairobi's notorious traffic to access the internet for their orders and product development. Zakale new animal range of jewellery was a big hit at the Christmas markets last year and enabled profits to be re-invested into the workshop. Coming soon will be blogs from Zakale employees!

John set up Zakale Creations 5 years ago. The Project is located in Huruma, which is part of Mathare Valley, within the Starehe Constituency,. The slum population is approx 8,000 with a very high unemployment rate (approx 80%). The people who live here have many problems including poor housing, lack of basic facilities, including water, roads etc. and lack of education. The ‘drop out’ from Primary School is very high and few complete their Primary School education.

Art Safi Self Help Group, Kisii & Nairobi, Kenya - 2-Feb-2009

Feb 2009 Update:

This group (formly nZuri Self Help Group) has registered its status as a self help group towards the end of 2008. It has been renamed and is now known as Art Safi . All the members remain the same with the same structure. The group have been busy working on new designs and the quality of production is ever increasing, which helps us keep customers happy! They remain a great group to trade with and we hope 2009 will see them get back on track after a struggle in 2008.
Zuri Design started buying soapstone from the Charles Ombasa and his cousins' business in 2003. The cousins are from Kisii which is in the western highlands of Kenya. Kisii is the region where most of the world's supply of soapstone originates.

Excel Concepts - Bead Making Project - 2-Feb-2009

Feb 2009 Update

2009 is a whole start for this project. We have helped the project relocate so that it can run independant of its host partners, the Excel project. It is now known as Excel Concepts and will be co-owned by four of the original young men to be trained in this project. It an excitings step as we continue to help make this project a sucess! Follow blogs for progress as the group start its first order at the new premises.

This is a truly inspiring project and we wish the men the very best with the move!

Ndoh Creations - 29-Jan-2008

Jack, the owner of this small business has a little shop in down town Nairobi where he and his assistant are usually based.
When not in his shop Jack can be found at the local massai markets where he is a 'regular'.

Wami Creations - 25-Jan-2008

Michael, the owner of this small business based in the outskirts of Nairobi, makes beautiful pieces of jewellery using cow bone and cow horn.

Zingira Nyanza Community Craft - 25-Jan-2008

Zingira Nyanza Community Crafts is a community based organisation based in Kisumu, Western Kenya. They co-ordinate the efforts of local artisans to produce a range of handcraft products made from recycled and locally sourced materials.

Janabella, Kenya - 4-Dec-2006

Janabella starting to supply to Zuri Design in 2005. They produce a beautiful range of hand made lamps and cushion covers.

Lucksama Women's Group - 4-Dec-2006

Lucksama Women's Group formally known as Imani (Jitemerre) Women's Group

Excel Project, Kibera Slum, Nairobi April - 4-July-2006

Background to the Project and detailed information on how income generated by supplying to Zuri Design has been used to finance programs run by Excel in the year 2005

Consalata Youth Rehabilitation Programme (COYREP) Nairobi - 7-Apr-2006

Background to the Project and detailed information on how income generated by supplying to Zuri Design has been used to fiancé programs run by Consalata in the year 2005.