Holiday gifts 2007: Baskets that give back
They look fab - with intricate designs, bold colors and ethnic roots. And there's another bonus: They're a holiday gift you can feel good about because they help poor women in Africa.
The Rwanda peace baskets could be the perfect present for those folks on your holiday list that love global decor and enjoy gifts that give back. The Rwanda Path to Peace Project, which provides woven baskets handmade by Rwandan genocide survivors, helps provide food, medicine and shelter to the women, whopreviously made only about $1 a day.
Here are a few of my faves:
Big Sky Fruit Bowl ($40) is designed with white shapes that appear to be floating over the cerulean blue of the sub-Saharan sky.
Rare Earth Fruit Bowl ($40) features saturated colors and a pattern reminiscent of the hills and mountains of their country.
The natural-dyed baskets, made from sisal, banana leaves and papyrus,
retail for between $35-$120 online only at macys.com/rwanda. -- C.V.S.
