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Kenyan Essence and Tradition | KAZURI BEAD FACTORY (Guest Series: 03)

To a lot of people a few jewellery beads might not mean much, but to K azuri Bead Factory, located in Karen, Kenya, these beads are a legacy  and tradition. So let me take you all to a journey of hard work and empowerment. Kazuri in the native Kenyan language Swahili means 'small and beautiful'. Kazuri was initiated  to provide employment to the disadvantaged women  of the Kenyan society. They expertise in creating world class hand made ceramic beads and  artistic jewellery. It was started by Lady Susan Wood in 1975 with just 2 single mothers  and now they have over 340 skilled women and a brand that is well  established worldwide. I started off my journey at 11 am in my car with my family and on the  way we could see the beautiful architecture built during the time of t he British colonisation. We reached there in almost 45 minutes from Nairobi but it'll take  around 1 and a half hour from the airport depending upon the traffic. You can get a gui...