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Fairtrade and respect of environment

Fairtrade

If you wish to purchase gifts for yourself or for relatives at home, you will have access to a range of traditional instruments as well as woodcarving, artefacts, clothes and jewels made by craft artists in Abene.

We will be happy to guide you in the purchase of those objects and indicate reasonable prices for each item. We insist on offering affordable prices while keeping in mind the effort produced by the artist on the creation of each object, in order to promote and operate fairtrade policy.

Environment

The vegetation in Casamance is lush thanks to a fairly long rainy season and the respect of environment is essential to the conservation of the rare types of trees and plants growing in the village. It is also vital for the survival of rare species of birds in this region, and all animals such as monkeys living in the bush .

We would be therefore very grateful if you could respect the environment by keeping a "bin bag" with you and taking batteries and non-recyclable items back to Europe, as rubbish is not dealt with in the same way as in Western countries.