Global Handicrafts
Bethlehem: Fair Trade Improving Workplace Health
It was a surreal moment. We were visiting Bethlehem, hoping to find products we could sell to support local residents whose...
Release from the Sex Industry
It was never Maria‘s dream to become a sex worker. With a broken marriage behind her and a past of rape...
Empowering ‘A Nation of Widows’
“AIDS is creating a nation of widows.” That poignant statement came from Tintsaba, a fair trade group in Swaziland, which trains...
Hana: Where Courage meets Creativity
Hana lives in North Asia. She prefers anonymity but, without doubt, she is one whom life has dealt a hard hand....
Fair Trade Buys Goats: A gift that keeps on giving
A background story to one of our best selling handicrafts items this year. When is a goat worth more than a...
Fair trade for a fairer world
Many of us ask ourselves what difference we can make in a world fighting poverty. What can one person do? For...
Vinh Hoa: A Global Handicrafts producer
In a workshop in Hue, Vietnam, two rows of women are intent on their work. Fine, brightly-coloured thread and embroidery needles...
GH Handicrafts
History has not been kind to Sri Lanka. Its turbulent past has seen people struggle not only in the years of...
A fair deal for Chile’s artisans
“Chile is losing its artisan culture,” says Alvador, a 58-year-old copper craftsman who makes beautiful jewellery stamped with traditional designs. Thanks to the gap...