| Feed the imagination and create a finger puppet theater with this 10 piece finger puppet set. Each finger puppet is hand knitted and is a tropical rain forest resident, including a monkey and its baby, a crocodile, two parrots, a turtle, a sloth and of course a snake! All can be stored away in a convenient colorfully hand embroidered bag. Great for back seat occupiers whilst on road trips. See all 10 animals in the alternative views picture. Size: Each puppet is approx 3" bag 6" x 8"
About the Project:This embroidered bag and finger puppets was handmade by Bridge of Hope a cooperative that started out of The Joining Hands Against Poverty Network. The Joining Hands Network started in order to address issues that caused extreme poverty within shantytowns in Peru. They noted several institutions working with communities where gifted artisans were producing products but continued to live in extreme poverty. They operated informally, producing small, varying quantities and lacked direct access to markets outside their communities. These artisans hoped much more for their children. Joining Hands noticed other institutions working with women living in extreme poverty. These women had no stable income, buying and selling on a very small scale and working in local soup kitchens in exchange for a few meals per day. By recognizing these two distinct populations who could potentially benefit economically and socially from the opportunity of working with the values of Fair Trade, the Bridge of Hope project formed.
Bridge of Hope has these general goals:
1) Assist groups of persons living in extreme poverty to form productive groups that can develop sustainable businesses using the values of Fair Trade (solidarity, transparency and self-development).
2) Train the groups so that they become an independent, succesful exporting association of artisans.
The Bridge of Hope project is member of IFAT, and the global network of Fair Trade Organizations. |
