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My name is David Jangara and I am well known for my unique and creative push toys with action.  These are basically wooden toys I make by hand which move when pushed. I can make anything from a wooden lady bird to a border jumper swimming across a river with a crocodile in hot pursuit!  Children love my toys and they sell very well at local craft fairs.

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I am a carpenter by trade andd very interested in creativity.  I started experimenting with these toys as early as 1986.  I’ve received informal training here and there, for example HIFA artisan workshops. But for the most part I am self-taught and self-inspired.  

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I work alone and my primary tools are wire, wood and paint which I buy in local stores and waste metal cans that I clean up and reuse to reduce waste in the environment.  As a carpenter I use more complex machinery than some of my peers, for example, I use a thicknesser machine, a drill, pliers, a grinder, a scrall saw, circular saw, sander etc…  In spite of this I am still very much challenged by a lack of the right tools, the right capital to do business well and electricity for my machines.

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I sell my work in craft stores to art galleries and also to cross border traders.  I have never directly exported anything on my own. However I have received assistance in the past to export my toys to cuntries like France.

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My most successful toys are crocodiles and lions.

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If you are interested in ordering my product you can contact me through ZAACA or directly on +263 779 551 284 or davjangara@gmail.com. My home base is 5536 Hatcliffe Extension, Borrowdale, Harare.