Jewellery and Crafts

Karamoja Design - Promoting Karamoja Culture
Fine jewellery, handicrafts, hammocks and music production

Contact: Mr Simon Lokai
Tel: +256(0)788295191 or +256(0)755336221
Email: karamojadesign@hotmail.com
Based in Moroto, Karamojaland.

Aisha Nashap the Jewellery co-ordinator is training a team of women to keep producing good designs to a high standard of quality.

The altimate aim is to let the workers manage them selves, ie. to save money for beads and materials, some money to help with living costs and to continue producing high quality.

For the moment, however, Karamoja Design is concerntrating on creating a little extra income for those Karamojong who are very poor.

Many of the workers have been found in the ghettos in Kampala.

Jewellery packed for the shops

Neclace prices range from 3,000 Ush to 15,000 Ush

Call Simon Lokai for the latest prices and stock available...

Traditional Karamoja Waist Beads

Traditional waist beads can be ordered and made to measure, 6 lengths of each colour - 150,000 Ush

Other crafts include: Carved warrior seats, spears, knives, bows & arrows, combs and wrist knives.

Materials used for neckaces

Karamoja Design uses a mixture of natural materials like wooden beads and seeds with the traditional manufactured beads.

The strength of this union are the creative possibilities of the designs. Karamoja Design jewellery can be admired by both foreign tourists and Africans.

Making Jewellery in Lokopo, Karamojaland.

We have been several times to Lokopo sub county in Karamojaland to encourage them to make jewellery instead of fleeing to the city. Lokopo is particularly bad hit by the troubles in Karamojaland. We hope to make more workshops there in future, and discover new crafts that can be used to change the lives of the Karamojong in this impoverished area.