Creative Alternatives

Creative Alternatives is an organisation that trains individual artisans in Western Kenya in the art of making crafts from readily available and environmentally-friendly materials. Water hyacinth (a weed that is clogging Lake Victoria), sheets of misprinted tin bottle caps, recycled wire, tin cans, and discarded phone cards, all find new lives as the artisans of Creative Alternatives create greeting cards, ornaments, jewellery, and functional products, which they sell to provide a sustainable livelihood for their families. Operating under the auspices of Fair Trade, Creative Alternatives ensures the craftspeople with whom it works are paid a fair price for the products they produce.