Global Village Gifts is a non-profit shop in Logan that supports struggling artisans in developing countries by selling their fairly-traded handicrafts. Fair trade is about...
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Threads of Yunnan was begun in 1999 as a project of Danyun, a Danish development organization. Threads of Yunnan seeks to improve the lives of rural ethnic minority women in Yunnan province by marketing their embroidery. Ten percent of the yearly gross goes back to the village where it is used for development work. An irrigation project built using this 10 percent allowed the farmers to plant in February rather than waiting for the rains of May, thus increasing their yields.
Of the 120 women artisans involved in the project, many have doubled and some even tripled their family income as a result. Threads of Yunnan also trains the women in literacy, hygiene, and financial planning and has begun a night school in one of the villages.
Information courtesy of SERRV International.
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Global Village Gifts has been accepted for membership in the Fair Trade Federation. Membership will offer opportunities to network with other FTF members to promote Fair Trade, meet with artisans and get advisory support from other retailers. Julie and Shaun Barker will attend the Fair Trade Futures Conference in Boston September 10, 11 and 12. These conferences are held every five years and GVG is fortunate to be able to participate as a FTF member of this conference.(more...)