Love Zimbabwe
Posted: 10th Oct 2008
Martha Musonza Holman was born in Zimbabwe in 1971. Although she trained as a teacher, when she separated from her husband and was left to bring up her two young sons, her salary was no longer enough to live on. Martha started to travel to neighbouring countries buying and selling arts and crafts.
She met Samara Hawthorn at a Rainbow Gathering in Zimbabwe where she was selling printed t-shirts and batik wall hangings. Samara offered her the opportunity to come to the UK and set up a small business.
The two set up Love Zimbabwe, a co-operative which imports arts and crafts from Zimbabwe which it sells at markets and fairs across the UK. Love Zimbabwe is a non profit organisation aimed at empowering people to support themselves and be self-sufficient. It works on the principles of fair-trade which means that the people making the products receive a fair price for what they make. The organisation aims to create employment in rural areas and encourages people to make competitive crafts that can be sold throughout the world. [www.walescoop.com/c/64/i/257/]
Martha is available to do talks on Fairtrade Global Citizenship for £50. She can be contacted through www.lovezimbabwe.co.uk.
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