Prescraft

PRESCRAFT is dedicated to preserving the rich cultural heritage of the North West Province of Cameroon in West Africa. Its goals are:

1. to provide employment
2. to stem the flow of peasants from the rural areas to the cities
3. to preserve traditional craft skills
4. to instill self-confidence in the craftsmen

More than 500 men and women in rural villages around the town of Bamenda work in their homes and small open-air workshops to produce traditional handicrafts for Prescraft. These artisans make handcarved wooden stools, brass figures, colorful woven baskets, clay pots, and traditional musical instruments such as calabash rattles from gourds. Global Exchange markets iron gongs, calabash rattles, and other musical instruments from Prescraft.