During the first Palestinian Intifada, Carol Morton, the wife of the late Rev. Colin Morton of the St. Andrews Scottish Church in Jerusalem, began a small project called Craftaid. From a modest craft shop in St. Andrews Guest House, it grew to become Sunbula in 1996.

A Jerusalem-based non-profit fair trade organization, Sunbula is a platform that empowers marginalized communities in Palestine through traditional artisanal crafts.