Featured Articles
Behind the scenes of Product Development at Tara Projects
SERRV has 4 staff members dedicated to product design, development and merchandising. They work around the clock to develop samples, set purchase orders and work with our artisan partners to design … [More...]
A Sneak Peek of Pantone’s 2014 Color Forecast
Product development this year needs to pay close attention to the 2014 color trends. Check out Re-Do it Design's "Sneek Peek-Pantone Colors 2014" post! Re-Do it Design predicts Monaco Blue will be … [More...]
Serrv’s Christmas Product Trends
It is an exciting time of the year in the United States! Christmas is around the corner and consumers are shopping for gifts to give to their loved ones. It is a very important time of the year for … [More...]
Featured Techniques
Fair Trade Changes Lives
SERRV: Shopping to Make a Difference
SERRV is dedicated to eradicating poverty wherever it resides by empowering artisans around the world. … [More...]
Featured Artisan
Disability is not Inability
Mupa Guo creates jewelry with Bombolulu Workshop, an organization that works with physically disabled people in Kenya. Artisans are empowered to overcome their physical limitations and support themselves and their families through their craft work. Bombolulu is committed to helping the artisans develop their skills through training programs, as well as providing housing and assistance with medical care.
Bombolulu Workshops and Cultural Centre is located in Mombasa, Kenya, and works with more than 100 people with different abilities, men and women artisans to help them overcome their physical limitations and empower them economically and socially to become fully integrated members of their communities, also providing social benefits to the workers e.g. Clinic, Nursery School, Social Hall, Sports, HIV Prevention, etc. Bombolulu started in 1969 and the Association for the Physically Disabled of Kenya took over in 1987.
This nonprofit organization produces crafts of a very high standard and gives vocational training to people with special abilities. They have 4 sheltered workshops, producing a range of jewelry, textile, wood and leather products. An on-staff designer creates new products, including the trademark Bombolulu recycled materials design pieces.
