This pair of hand‒hammered post earrings can be worn two ways. Wear both disks if you are looking for an adventurous mix of gold‒ and silver‒colored accents for your outfit or keep things simple with only the silver‒colored disk.
Silver‒plated copper and brass - Top disk: 0.5D inches, Bottom disk: 0.75D inches - Handcrafted in Kenya
The Maker:
Located near Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city, Bombolulu provides employment and numerous other benefits, including housing, medical aid and adult education, for adults who are blind or physically disabled and who would otherwise have virtually no chance of employment in the mainstream labor market. Artisans create jewelry and other products for both local and export markets. An on-staff designer creates new jewelry lines, including both the trademark whimsical Bombolulu recycled materials jewelry and other design pieces.Bombolulu was established in 1969. It is one of a number of branches of the Association for the Physically Disabled of Kenya Coast Branch, a Kenyan charitable organization. Bombolulu’s campus includes housing units for artisans, artisan workshops, and a guesthouse to help generate income. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from Bombolulu Workshop since 1986.
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