Just Trade Moyobamba Necklace (Turquoise)
This Fair Trade Moyobamba Necklace is handmade in the Zoe Project in Peru.
It is made from vegetable ivory and seeds from the Amazon rainforest which are attached to a knotted cord.
It has an approximate length of 125cm.
The women who work for Zoe live in the shantytowns on the outskirts of Lima, and have varying degrees of skill. Just Trade works hard to ensure that work can be provided for people of regardless of their skill levels, and each new collection is designed collaboratively with the women taking into consideration availability of materials and building on existing techniques. They make the products in their own homes enabling them to earn a living wage without having to leave their children and are paid to train others what they have learnt, so the project is enabling increasing numbers of Peru's poorest women and young people to have the opportunity of fairly paid employment.