Ten by Three

Before our baskets are woven, this happens in Ghana.
David, our team member in Ghana, walks us through the dyeing process — one of the many steps that happens before an artisan ever begins weaving.
The straw is gathered, prepared, dyed by hand, and transformed into the vibrant colors you see in Ten by Three baskets.
This is more than color. It is heritage, skill, and a craft worth preserving.

This is rainy season reality in Togo.

In this follow-up video, you can see the road our team has to navigate just to get to where the work is happening. The building is close, but the flooded road makes even a normal workday more complicated.

These are the behind-the-scenes moments people do not always see. Before a product reaches a customer, there are local teams working through weather, road conditions, delays, and daily challenges to keep opportunity moving forward.

This is what commitment looks like in real life.

Rainy season in Togo gives a very real look at what it takes to keep the work moving.

In this video, you see how something that may feel simple, like traveling across town or getting prints made, becomes much more complicated when roads are flooded and daily movement is slowed by the weather.

This is part of the story behind every handmade product. Before a basket reaches a store or a customer’s home, there are artisans, community leaders, local teams, road conditions, weather delays, and people doing whatever it takes to keep opportunity moving forward.

At Ten by Three, Beyond Fair Trade is not just a phrase. It is the daily, practical, determined work of walking alongside communities through every season.

Founder Theresa Carrington shares an exciting update from Ghana after a powerful day of meetings with queens, ministers, and leaders. The impact of Ten by Three’s work is being seen, heard, and celebrated in a big way. This is bigger than baskets. This is women, culture, leadership, and economic change in motion.