The Mauritian government named Craft Aid as the best company in the Small Enterprise category in the Mauritius Business Excellence Awards 2010.
Gaby Kamudu, Managing Director of Craft Aid, was at the prize-giving ceremony in Balaclava, Mauritius to collect the award.
Gaby said: "I would like to dedicate this award to Traidcraft, who was our very first customer for packaging sugar and all the help and advices and coaching provided by Traidcraft in making us become stronger and stronger and be able to supply other customers. The award is a reward for all the efforts Craft Aid has been making in the way of improvement, and investment in human beings as well as in equipment and infrastructure."
"What I said to the journalist of the Mauritius broadcasting corporation is this award is for the Craft Aid team and my wish is that we can inspire other companies to follow our example in employing people with disability as we are a vivid example that it is possible and it works."
Craft Aid was founded in 1982 with the main aim of providing paid employment for disabled people and helping in their rehabilitation. As well as sugar packing, there are departments at Craft Aid for making pressed flower cards and hand screen-printed fair trade T-shirts.
