Unique, Natural & 100% Ugandan

Naturaleaf was founded in the year 2000 by Canadian Annie Pageau to provide training, employment and a source of sustainable income to a community of Ugandans, mainly women, from the village of Namulanda.

Harry & Anne Abels who own the AK97 Crafts outlets in Kampala are the new owners of Naturaleaf and they employ about a dozen full-time workers as well as providing income opportunities for local farmers who supply the company with many of the raw materials required in natural paper production. In addition Naturaleaf acts as Uganda's only paper & cardboard recycling centre for many of the organizations and offices in and around Kampala.

All our products are made by hand, from the cutting of the fibres into small pieces to lifting the screens with pulp on to be dried in the sun to crafting beautiful and unique products. All the raw materials and processes involved are natural and environmentally friendly. Natural fibres such as banana fibre, elephant grass and pineapple tops are combined with recycled paper & cardboard to produce our innovative range of papers.

Our handmade papers are available as A2, A3 and A4 sheets or cut to specific sizes. We are also able to design and print custom-made wedding invitations, announcements, restaurant menus, corporate stationary, display boxes…if it's made from paper we can make it!

We also arrange and run workshop days for school groups or children's birthday parties, where everyone gets a chance to make some sheets of paper and then transform them into an item such as a photo frame or writing set.

We hope you enjoy our digital catalogue, please remember that if you see something you like it can be made or applied to any product, alternatively if you have ideas for your own design we will happily try it out. In addition, as our papers and products are made from entirely natural materials, colours may vary from what you see on screen, this quality is an intrinsic part of each item and gives our products their unique, original, handcrafted appearance.

Finally, thank you for your support & interest in Naturaleaf and if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

All of our products are hand-made, from the paper to the binding of books. We use available material such as banana fibres, papyrus, elephant grass and recycled paper to produce attractive and unique craft.