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Fair Trade Judaica Products - Paper Goods
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| Products can be ordered directly from their website, www.amsteinart.com, or from retailers listed on the website. |
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Ada Mae Crouse, Owner A.M. Stein Imports 216 Douglas Street Salt Lake City, UT 84102, USA (801) 274-0318 info@amsteinart.com www.amsteinart.com |
African Home
African Home offers a range of traditional African products ranging from home décor to functional home ware as well as gifts and accessories, based on the finest aesthetic and artistic traditional workmanship. Marketing these products while developing new products creates work for disadvantaged communities with high levels of unemployment. African Home maintains and practices a strong commitment to environmental awareness. Accordingly, all materials used in their products are consistent with, and promoting of, the sustainability of the natural resources of South Africa. For example, the wood they use is sourced from fallen trees within sustainable forests or driftwood. Many natural and local products are used, such as reeds, weeds, clay, paper and wire.
African Home is a member of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO).
These greeting cards are available in Magen David or Menorah design, made from wire and beads. Each package includes a card and a matching envelope. Made by a community training project in Woodstock, South Africa.
| For wholesale orders, contact ilana@fairtradejudaica.org. |
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Claudette Davis +27(0)21-551-1052 +27(0)83-650-1985 claudette@africanhome.co.za www.africanhome.co.za/relijewi.htm |
Asian World Imports
Asian World Imports is a shop and gallery committed to promoting and celebrating global cultural diversity and offering exquisite, authentic items to fit all budgets. They are committed to supporting indigenous cultures by utilizing fair trade principles, including the payment of fair living wages, supporting environmentally sustainable projects, respecting cultural identity, promoting safe and healthy working conditions and discouraging forced and exploitive child labor. Their products are made from natural materials including silk, hemp, wool and wood.
Asian World Imports is a member of the Fair Trade Federation (FTF).
These 24 x 36 inch individual sheets of handmade paper from Nepal are are made from Lokta, a renewable resource. The papers come in a variety of beautiful bright colors, and useful for art projects, scrapbook and wrapping paper.
| Products can be purchased at their store in New York, on their website, or through email requests. Wholesale purchases are done on a case by case basis for individual businesses |
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Robin Rhodes-Crowell Asian World Imports 1/2 Main St. Potsdam, NY 13676 Phone: (315) 261-4844 Fax: (315) 261-4845 info@asianworldimports.com www.asianworldimports.com |
Global Goods Partners
Global Goods Partners is dedicated to alleviating poverty and promoting social justice by strengthening women-led development initiatives for marginalized communities in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. A nonprofit endeavor, Global Goods pursues this mission by partnering with organizations, associations, and cooperatives worldwide that integrate their commitment to community development - specifically, improvements in education, health, women’s rights, and employment opportunities - with socially responsible income-generating enterprises. Global Goods provides its partners with direct access to new markets in the United States, increasing both their revenue and global awareness of their work. Global Goods uses proceeds from product sales to provide technical assistance and grant support to its partners, assisting them in building stronger, more effective programs.
Global Goods is a member of the Fair Trade Federation (FTF) in the U.S.
This traditional blue and white stationery, embellished with paper cutouts and featuring a Star of David sculpted from beaded wire, is refined and tasteful. These note cards are unique, stunning and help bring about real change!
| Products can be ordered directly from their website. Individuals or groups interested in fair trade merchandise for fundraising efforts can contact them directly by telephone or e-mail. |
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115 W 30th Street Suite 400 New York, NY 10001 (212) 461-3647 info@globalgoodspartners.org www.globalgoodspartners.org |
Mayan Hands
Mayan Hands is a small fair trade organization that has been working with Mayan weavers since 1989. They work with more than 275 women, organized in groups of 12 to 50 women, living in twelve different communities throughout Guatemala.
Mayan Hands' mission is to assist these women in their quest to raise themselves out of poverty. Working with fair trade, the women can count on a modest, and just as important, a regular income that enables their families to eat better, send their children to school, improve their homes and even save a little. Selling their handwoven textiles at a fair price, the women are gaining control over their lives. In addition to assisting the weavers with technical difficulties, design of new products, credit to buy equipment and raw materials, and simply providing work on a steady basis (our main focus), Mayan Hands purchases school supplies for all of the weavers' school-age children (almost 400).
Mayan Hands is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation (FTF).
The greeting card (7 x 5 inches) that brings a gift in it! Loved ones will get your greetings and keep the beautiful handwoven Star of David bookmark in it! The cloth is made by women in a fair trade cooperative in Guatemala.
| Products can be purchased on-line at shop.mayanhands.org or by contacting Mayan Hands directly. |
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Mary Joan Ferrara-Marsland 9607 Dr. Perry Rd. Suite #114 Ijamsville, MD 21754 Phone:(301) 515-5911 Fax: (240) 436-6453 info@upavim-mayanhands.org www.mayanhands.org |
Photos L to R: A. M. Stein, Asian World Imports, Global Exchange
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