EcoCraft

At the end of January, 2009 the Samartex Carving Department, EcoCraft was invited to Accra to participate in a workshop on Exporting Wooden Home Accessories to Denmark. This workshop was organized by the Danish Import Promotion Programme (DIPP) in collaboration with Aid to Artisans Ghana (ATAG), as part of their Targeted Marketing Campaign (TMC).

The workshop facilitators were Margret Stage (DIPP), Liselotte and Henriette (FairTrade Designers), who were there to discuss topics concerning product design as well as export issues, and marketing of our product in Europe and Denmark in particular.

After the workshop the DIPP chose to work with EcoCraft on some designs by the FairTrade Designers to be promoted in the Danish market.

From the 16th to 20th of April Henriette visited us in Samreboi and brought with her some interesting bowl designs. Together we discussed the drawings, raw materials as well as technical and practical issues as to how possible it is to actualize the designs.