These bags are handmade by Global Mamas in Ghana, an organisation that is a member of both the Fair Trade Foundation and the Fair Trade Organisation. Global Mamas aims to help Ghanaian women achieve economic independence and minimize poverty through sustainable growth in small women-owned businesses. The support rendered by Women of Progress ensures that these businesses are able to raise revenues, profits and employee wages, which in turn creates new jobs and improves the standard of living for the local community.