Tonga Baskets    Our baskets are produced by Tonga women in the Northern part of Zimbabwe. Mrs. Mudimba and her neighbours are basket weavers and have learned the tradionel basket weaving technique of thier mothers and aunts. The baskets are unique in size, weaving and use of traditional patterns. The baskets are made of Ilala palm and the patterns reflects the nature and living in this dry and unfertile end of Zimbabwe.     Binga Craft Centre organises the production in the womens groups, do the quality controls, have workshops on different localities, organises the replanting of the ilala palms, the prime material of basket production. Binga Craft Centre is a certified producer for Fair Trade Denmark and has been supported by MS Zimbabwe in the '90ties.     Binga Craft Centre is taking part in the Fair Trade project with House by the Sea and MS Zimbabwe. The project aims at strenghtening poor and marginalised peoples self-funding oppotunities. The cooporation with Binga Craft Centre focuses on production and export according to Fair Trade principles and optimising income generating activities and value adding.      An information folder about the Tonga people and the three organisations working improove the living conditions and to promote rights issue was made in 2007, down load here: Fair Trade med tongafolket i Zimbabwe   Binga Craft Center's website:http://www.bingacraft.co.zw