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It's the mission of the Blessing Basket Project (blessingbasket.org) "to reduce poverty in developing countries by paying prosperity wages for artisan products." Those products include woven baskets, bowls, fans and hats, among other things, from Bangladesh (made of date palm leaf and sea grass); Ghana (made of elephant grass); Madagascar (made of Mahampy, aka sedge); and Uganda (made of banana leaf and sisal). It takes weavers between one and two days to weave these works of art, which are unique and affordable. (MCT)