JEWELLERY
Fair Trade - a unique blend of Scandinavian design and African soul
Bülow Jewellery is our lovechild. It is a unique blend of Pernille Bülows beautiful design and the traditional production of glass beads by 60 women in Ghana. A truly happy fair trade project.
The women in Ghana make the pearls from local recycled glass from old bottles, car windows and other glass which has been discarded. The glass is melted and shaped into the most gorgeous rustic beads. The cooperation results in jewellery with character and beauty as well as a really good story about making a difference.
The women who participate in our Fair Trade project are all selected on the basis of their low living standards and the fact that they are all single mothers. Unfortunately this makes them one of the most exposed groups in Ghanian society. Before, the women made very little money by making and selling beads and jewellery at the local weekly market.
The engagement in our fair trade project has now given the women completely new living conditions. The jewellery project is a cooperation between the Ghanian women, Pernille Bülow A/S and Danida. With a daily income 4-5 times higher than before, the women can now afford to send their children to school and to generally improve the living conditions of their families, thus creating a new future for all.
Pernille Bülow and several of her employees travel to Ghana 2-3 times annually in order to follow up on the project and teach the women how to make the new designs. They are a gathering of fantastic women, and you can get to meet them if you click on the "Your jewellery was made by", where all the women have their own personal profile with text and pictures from their daily life.
From the beginning it has been an important part of the project to provide the women with certain skills so they can manage on their own in business life without this particular fair trade project. Should that ever become necessary. That is why the jewellery project began by giving the women small micro-loans to buy tools for the jewellery production, so that each woman has actually begun her own small independent business.
The women have developed greatly through the years. They have grown with the work and have gained a whole new self confidence. They have begun running the project locally, and the pride and joy of being able to provide for their families is a fantastic motivation for us all.
Pernille Bülow has a fair trade cooperation with a group of single mothers from the Krobo District in Ghana. Single mothers are one of Ghana's poorest and most exposed groups. Fair Trade is about making a difference and giving these women and their children the possibility of making a better future for themselves.
Bülow Jewellery is our lovechild. It is a unique blend of Pernille Bülows beautiful design and the traditional production of glass beads by 60 women in Ghana. A truly happy fair trade project.
The women in Ghana make the pearls from local recycled glass from old bottles, car windows and other glass which has been discarded. The glass is melted and shaped into the most gorgeous rustic beads. The cooperation results in jewellery with character and beauty as well as a really good story about making a difference.
The women who participate in our Fair Trade project are all selected on the basis of their low living standards and the fact that they are all single mothers. Unfortunately this makes them one of the most exposed groups in Ghanian society. Before, the women made very little money by making and selling beads and jewellery at the local weekly market.
The engagement in our fair trade project has now given the women completely new living conditions. The jewellery project is a cooperation between the Ghanian women, Pernille Bülow A/S and Danida. With a daily income 4-5 times higher than before, the women can now afford to send their children to school and to generally improve the living conditions of their families, thus creating a new future for all.
Pernille Bülow and several of her employees travel to Ghana 2-3 times annually in order to follow up on the project and teach the women how to make the new designs. They are a gathering of fantastic women, and you can get to meet them if you click on the "Your jewellery was made by", where all the women have their own personal profile with text and pictures from their daily life.
From the beginning it has been an important part of the project to provide the women with certain skills so they can manage on their own in business life without this particular fair trade project. Should that ever become necessary. That is why the jewellery project began by giving the women small micro-loans to buy tools for the jewellery production, so that each woman has actually begun her own small independent business.
The women have developed greatly through the years. They have grown with the work and have gained a whole new self confidence. They have begun running the project locally, and the pride and joy of being able to provide for their families is a fantastic motivation for us all.
Pernille Bülow has a fair trade cooperation with a group of single mothers from the Krobo District in Ghana. Single mothers are one of Ghana's poorest and most exposed groups. Fair Trade is about making a difference and giving these women and their children the possibility of making a better future for themselves.
