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sisal

Basketry
raffia

Basketry
grass and reeds

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Vehicles of all kinds: Recycled + Handcrafted + Fair Trade
A) Production that helps alleviate an increasing problem: The country is lacking sufficient resources for waste handling and there is no recycling plant for metal.
B) Production that makes metal waste to a resource.
C) Production that is a genuine, small scale and environmentally friendly handcrafting.
D) Production that helps fight poverty in one of Africas economically poorest and most marginalized countries. 
E) Products that are shipped by sea from Madagascar to Sweden.
F) Production and regular deliveries within a long-term Fair Trade cooperation: La Maison Afrique FAIR  TRADE has cooperated with the artisans since 2001. By now, the product assortment contains some 30 different articles.
Click here for pictures and information about ordering to your shop.

Madagascar has a unique flora and fauna, is listed as one of the worlds  "biodiversity hotspots". 
That this environment is protected from littering, any type of waste, is of immeasurable great value.

Step 2. Cut out and form. Soldering

Step 3. Paint and
assemble.

Step 1. Material: Empty used cans and tins + some other "litter": plastic to windscreens, metal wire to mc-details.
Good ideas, wish-to-work, knowledge about vehicles and craftsmanship.

Art nr 734 Airplane - classic  L=19cm W=18cm

The rich countries have caused the climate change that is hitting the poorest countries worst.
This is unfair.

The rich countries promote a consumption model that is not sustainable. For example, the amount of packing used for food and drinks.
This is  irresponsible.

The right material for the right purpose: Bottoms of cans becomes mc-wheel.

The Swedish Fair Trade movement CLIMATE CAMPAIGN 2010
Signal-product from La Maison Afrique FAIR TRADE:
FIRE ENGINE handcrafted of recycled metal
- There is no time to waste for the climate issue.

Art nr 742 Citroën 2CV  L=11cm

Art nr 743 Citroën 2CV The 4 doors, bonnet and boot to open. L=15cm

Art nr 733 Helicopter  Two sliding doors  L=23cm

Art nr 701 Cargo boat L=17cm H=22cm

Art nr 791 Tractor with cart L=22cm

See Fair Trade assortment for more pictures of crafts made of recycled metal, information material (in pdf-and pps-format) and order forms. 

Art nr 760 Citroën DS  L=9cm
Art nr 761 Citroën DS  L=14cm

Art nr  773  VW Beetle The doors, bonnet and boot to open. L=16cm