Sunbula, founded in 1996, is a Jerusalem-based nonprofit
organization committed to promoting social justice and economic empowerment of the
marginalized. Its
mission is to support Palestinian women‘s cooperatives and
disabled people‘s self-help groups by providing marketing and sales opportunities for
their products and assisting in the development of their skills and capacity.
Sunbula is Palestine‘s leading Fair
Trade organization with more than a decade of experience in supporting family
income generation needs, and is regarded as one of the best suppliers of finest
quality traditional crafts.
Sunbula currently works with 17 craft-producing organizations across the West Bank, Gaza
Strip and Israel. More than 2000 artisans earn much-needed income through the sales of
their crafts by Sunbula, and benefit from Sunbula‘s development projects that strengthen their operational and production capacity.
Sunbula offers the following assistance to the
craft producers.
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Marketing, sales,
and promotion of Palestinian crafts.
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Providing access to market for groups who would otherwise have
few sales outlets.
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Assistance in
quality control, product design and development.
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Provide training for technical skills, organizational management
and finances.
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Obtaining grants on
their behalf.
Sunbula‘s administration
and sales outlet have been hosted inside St. Andrews
Scottish Church and Guesthouse in Jerusalem since 1988, when Carol Morton, wife of
Rev. Colin Morton, founded Craftaid, Sunbula‘s predecessor.
