NO LONGER AT ANARRES
Please tell us which animal and predominant colours you prefer in the text box. Our selection is limited and not necessarily the same as the photos.
These funny and colourful animals look like they had just popped out of a children's storybook. They bring joy to every receiver from a young Birthday child to a good colleague or dear grandma. Get your favourite cuddly animal or collect a whole Noah’s Ark.
The 5 savannah animals:
elephant
giraffe
lion
rhinoceros
zebra
come in three sizes and with different patterns of kitenge:
S: width 9-16 cm, height 9-18 cm
M: width 14-22 cm, height 13-18 cm
L: width 19-27 cm, height 18-42 cm
Materials: cotton fabric, filled with polyester foam
About The Artisans Each animal is unique and has been handmade by disabled artisans in Northern Uganda using African kitenge textiles. The artisans put all their love and care into each product. We hope that you find the diversity of size, pattern, and colour to be one of your animals' charms!
"Mamaa" means "Fair/Equal"
The word "mamaa" means "fair/equal" in the local Napti language of Nabdam District in Northern Ghana where our shea producers and basket weavers live. The logo of Mamaa is inspired by the Ghanaian Adinkra symbol "Fawohodie" which stands for "independence, freedom and emancipation". We believe in fair trade and direct links with our trading partners.
We market products from women's cooperatives in Africa and Asia to support entrepreneurial women around the world and give them a better income. At the same time, we offer our Canadian customers unique and quality products that bring about positive change.
Mamaa Trade was founded in 2018 by Johanna Helin who has years of experience in development work in international organizations and NGOs. The aim of Mamaa Trade is to market sustainable and quality products from women's cooperatives that Johanna has previously worked with. A big part of our work is to support women to develop their businesses, to improve and check the quality of their products and to ensure that the production methods are environmentally sustainable.
We believe that ethical trading is a sustainable way to secure poor women's fair incomes through their work, better opportunities to care for their families and more say in the family and community. We offer the consumers the knowledge that the products they consume are socially and ecologically sustainable and make a difference in the lives of the producers. We guarantee that the prices we pay to the producers are counted in a way that they cover all the expenses of the production and offer at least the local minimum salary for the working hours. In addition, 15% of the profit (after taxes) is directed back to the communities.