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The Nairobi JRS Income Generating Project
The project aims to provide necessary assistance in terms of finance, materials, skills, working tools and
equipment to refugees to allow them to start small income generating projects with the expectation that
after six months most of them will be able to provide for their basic needs. This project has been a very
important helping hand for the refugees in Nairobi, the majority of whom live in the slum areas of the city.
Mikono Craft Shop
The Mikono Craft shop was established in 1993 as a project within the IGP. It aims at empowering the refugees
financially by providing a market outlet for the handicrafts that they produce. The shop buys crafts from
refugees living in Nairobi and the refugee camps in Kenya. Mikono" is the Swahili word for hands. As
a business entity, the shop buys the crafts and sells them to both domestic and export markets, providing
an outlet for approximately 70 refugees families, 75% of them being women. The profit made from the sale
of the crafts is used for stock purchase and to cover some operating costs of the shop. |  |
| Join the JRS Mikono Refugees' Craft Shop in helping refugees support themselves!
An opportunity for you to enjoy the beauty of professionally made batik and tie and dye fabrics, original
ebony and rosewood sculptures, hand-tooled leather place mats, unique patchwork bed covers, cushions, aprons
and oven gloves, jewellery, batik prints, banana fibre and batik cards, traditional Rwandese baskets with
geometric designs, Bark cloth wall hangings, liturgical stoles made from tie and dye and other African materials,
African dolls and many other varieties of crafts stocked in our shop.
GIFT VOUCHERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
Be part of the refugee solution
for self-reliance
Contact:
JRS Mikono Shop
P.O. Box 76490, 00508
Nairobi
Kenya
Tel: +254 (0) 20 3877498, 3874136
Fax: +254 (0) 20 3874136
Email: mikono@jrs.net
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Terms of payment and Method of delivery |
With the exception of the carvings, delivery times normally vary from two weeks to one month from the
time the order is received.
A deposit of 50% of the total value is paid when the order is made; this is the customer's commitment to the
order. The remaining 50% is payable on delivery of the goods.
The customer is liable for the full shipping cost on payment of the first instalment of 50%.
Accounts settled by cheque in foreign currencies (i.e. not Kenya Shillings) should be made payable to the Jesuit
Refugee Service. Accounts settled in by cheque in Kenyan Shillings should be made payable to JRS Mikono Shop.
Means of delivery depends on the customer's preference. However, the Mikono shop has a working agreement with DHL
Express and TNT, who have proved to be reliable and fast. Kenya Postal Services are also both reliable and cheap.
Moreover, the customer may also request that alternative courier services be used. |
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