Fair Trade

Bolga Baskets International™ firmly believes in fair trade principles that create environmentally conscious, community sustaining and economically advantaged conditions for all of our employees and partners.

Bolga Baskets International™ does more than just import baskets from Africa. We develop positive, open, and long-term relationships with all of our partners in both Ghana and the United States. All of our Bolga Basket International families are paid wages EXCEEDING the local rate and we pre-finance all materials and supplies.

Baskets from Bolga Baskets International™ are made in the same way as they have been for decades. Families of many generations participate in the communal effort of basket weaving. We whole-heartedly support the community village work environment and place no restrictions on whether employees want to make their baskets at a community weaving center, in the comfort of their own homes with their families, or under a giant baobab tree soaking up the late afternoon African sun.

As the Bolga Baskets International™ family grows we have plans to develop a fully equipped, "Weaving Center" in Ghana. Our goals for the Center would include all of the necessary weaving materials in-house, an on-site school and free transportation to and from outlying villages. Additionally, employees would all receive insurance benefits with health care and have access to micro-loan programs.

Carrying a basket with the Bolga Baskets International™ name brand attached will ensure you that you are supporting a consciously traded, top quality product that will provide a family in Africa with a brighter future!