Nov 20, 2007Creative Ways to Improve Women’s
Ellen Dorsch, founder of Creative Women, Inc. , remembers “I have always been guided by the values of equity value in my professional and personal life; when I started Creative Women, after working 40 years in the non-profit sector, I naturally embrace[d] equity as the core value of this...
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Nov 16, 2007Pieces of Peace
“I became involved in fair trade from my parents,” Crystal Waters, founder and owner of Shanti Boutique says. The Boutique is a Fair Trade company dedicated to bringing shanti – the ancient Sanskrit word meaning peace - through yoga, chakra, and sacred symbol jewelry.
After traveling...
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Nov 15, 2007Bringing New Color to Artisan's Lives
Bringing New Color to Artisans’
Lives
Ramlal Khatri was a very talented artisan in India who had won prestigious
awards for his wood-block printing work, a handmade process in which patterns
are stamped on cotton using a wooden block. As part of an artisan community who
has been...
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Nov 15, 2007New Opportunities for Qalandar Communities
New opportunities for qalandar
communities
Amid beating drums and the shrill
screech of bagpipes, a bear is dragged onto the center of the arena. The crowd,
gathered for the wrestling match, cheers loudly as the bear is tied with a long rope
to a peg. Their cheering reaches a...
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Nov 15, 2007Hope and Preservation
Hope and Preservation
With more than ten years working in relief and
development for several international non-governmental organizations, Beth Sethi
and Tammy Teske had seen the incredible benefits to families when poor women
are economically empowered. The pair met while...
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Nov 15, 2007Weaving Communities Together
The Community Friendly Movement (CFM) , a fair trade organisation based in New Delhi, India, aims to both create wealth for artisan communities and provide quality products to customers at competitive prices. They work directly with communities at the bottom of the pyramid to reduce the number...
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Nov 13, 2007Another story of The Three Little Pigs
You may have heard of the three little pigs, but you have never seen anything like these.
These pigs live down a long dusty road in Nicaragua, are made from local clay into old fashion piggy banks, and changed the life of Marta and her sister.
Marta and her sister live alone in a...
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Nov 12, 2007Dignity in the Cards
Cards from Africa (CfA) , based in Kigali, Rwanda, manufactures beautiful hand-crafted greeting cards and other paper products for all occasions.
CfA seeks to break the cycle of poverty for orphaned youth by providing stable employment, fair wages, and job training through a nurturing,...
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Ellen Dorsch, founder of Creative Women, Inc. , remembers “I have always been guided by the values of equity value in my professional and personal life; when I started Creative Women, after working 40 years in the non-profit sector, I naturally embrace[d] equity as the core value of this... Fair Trade Federation more...
“I became involved in fair trade from my parents,” Crystal Waters, founder and owner of Shanti Boutique says. The Boutique is a Fair Trade company dedicated to bringing shanti – the ancient Sanskrit word meaning peace - through yoga, chakra, and sacred symbol jewelry. After traveling... Fair Trade Federation more...
New opportunities for qalandar communities Amid beating drums and the shrill screech of bagpipes, a bear is dragged onto the center of the arena. The crowd, gathered for the wrestling match, cheers loudly as the bear is tied with a long rope to a peg. Their cheering reaches a... more...
Hope and Preservation With more than ten years working in relief and development for several international non-governmental organizations, Beth Sethi and Tammy Teske had seen the incredible benefits to families when poor women are economically empowered. The pair met while... more...
The Community Friendly Movement (CFM) , a fair trade organisation based in New Delhi, India, aims to both create wealth for artisan communities and provide quality products to customers at competitive prices. They work directly with communities at the bottom of the pyramid to reduce the number... Fair Trade Federation more...
You may have heard of the three little pigs, but you have never seen anything like these. These pigs live down a long dusty road in Nicaragua, are made from local clay into old fashion piggy banks, and changed the life of Marta and her sister. Marta and her sister live alone in a... Fair Trade Federation more...
Cards from Africa (CfA) , based in Kigali, Rwanda, manufactures beautiful hand-crafted greeting cards and other paper products for all occasions. CfA seeks to break the cycle of poverty for orphaned youth by providing stable employment, fair wages, and job training through a nurturing,... Fair Trade Federation more...