Since 1985, Tintsaba has run a rural development project in the Northern Hhohho region of Swaziland. The project works with women's groups producing and marketing quality crafts. 

Using a fine coiling technique, the discs for jewellery and baskets are woven from sisal, a fibre made from the agave plant which is an evasive alien plant species that originated in Mexico and was introduced to Africa to make the sisal fibre.