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Please refer to the following site for all future Kibera Jewelry updates and products:
www.kiberajewelry.com


Kibera Bone Jewelry is a self-help group in Kibera, Kenya - Africa's second largest slum. There, Raphael Otieno leaves the slum at night to ask for discarded animal bones from nearby restaurants. From these bones, he and his group of community workers craft the bones into necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. This website shows 50 matched sets of jewelry.

Kibera itself is 75% the area of Central Park in Manhattan, or about 630 acres. 1 million people live in an environment heavily polluted by soot, dust, and open sewage. There is poor nutrition, and death by disease and conflict. An estimated 1/2 the population has HIV. There are many widows and orphans.
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Your purchase of this handcrafted jewelry directly benefits the widows and orphans in Kibera. There is no middle-man. Thank you for your support.

For more information about orders and other support to the Kibera community, please contact Steve Andersen, peacecorpsafricasteve@yahoo.com, 206-426-5645.

Link to Steve's webpage, describing his experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa and other projects.