Batsiranai Fair Trade Hand Embroidered Card

Price £2.50 from Down Your High Street

Hand embroidered cards from Batsiranai in Zimbabwe - a group of Mothers with Disabled Children. 'We are all infected or affected by the HIV/AIDS virus.' The name of the group translated means 'Helping each other' which is a great maxim to live by. Every single card is different with a large degree of flexibility given to the embroiderers to represent the animals and birds that make up the vast majority of the designs. Each card is signed on the back saying it was Made by Mai ......... where Mai means Mother of, so you have the name of the child who will benefit from your support of their mother.

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