Faces of Fair Trade members work with various developing countries around the world. Here are some of the faces we represent:
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The Aymara are the indigenous people of Bolivia, descendents of the Inca culture. Artisania Sorata and Ayni Bolivia are fair trade groups composed of Aymara artisans who receive a living wage and training in the marketing and production of products. These products reflect their indigenous culture and use techniques such as embroidery, weaving and spinning and dyeing of alpaca. |
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| Cambodian artisans living with HIV produce beautiful handcrafted silk and grass reed products. Ta Prohm is a small fair trade co-operative of 12 people living and working communally in Phnom Penh. The artisans are all victims of landmines who have been trained in production of silk purses and other silk products. |
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The women in the picture are part of the SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre, which is a unique grassroots commercial enterprise formed by 15,000 artisans in India. The Centre works to transform their artisan activities into a sustainable commercial enterprise, providing a full income and livelihood security to its artisans (shareholders) through effective integration into local, national and international market places. These artisans produce beautiful wearable fashion pieces as well stunning art decor, enhancing our art of living. |
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| Support the farmers of Palestine in the struggle for livelihood and land. Farmers are paid fair trade prices. Proceeds from each bottle sold is donated to Trees for Life, to plant 20000 olive seedlings in Palestine. An additional amount supports Project Hope which uses the expressive arts (painting, drawing, drama, etc.) as a means to help heal children in Palestine. Zatoun is not-for-profit and volunteer-run. |
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| The Nharo San, Kalahari Bushmen from Botswana are shown here. In 2002 Nharo artisans encouraged and inspired a working relationship to sell their handicrafts-ostrich egg jewellery, spears, bows, skins, musical instruments. Visit www.nharo.com. |
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| The Xotenco family are members of the Otomi community in San Pablito Pahuatlan, located in the Sierra Norte of Puebla, Mexico. This community is best-known for embroidered handicrafts and the production of amate paper, a paper made from the bark of local trees using a natural centuries-old method passed on from generation to generation. This community is one of the last to still make this all-natural paper product. |
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The ladies cooperative of Ducale Avande in Nicaragua produce beautiful, yet functional earthenware. There are fourteen members of the group and they have ben working together for many years perfecting their art.
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| The potters of San Juan de Oriente in Nicaragua specialize in clay carving and produce exquisite artworks. Casa Relief has been working with five families since 2002. |
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Korogocho is a vast slum near Nairobim Kenya where a small, determined and courageous group of women have banded together to form their own handcraft business based on Fair Trade principles.
They are called Bega Kwa Bega, which is Swahili and translates to “shoulder to shoulder”. They create jewelry, handbags, and sweet African dolls. It is a project of St John's Catholic Church.
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The small town of Mamqan in Iran's Azerbaijan province is famous for its unique
needle-work done by women. Like many other vanishing Iranian crafts Mamqan
embroidery also suffers from the lack of local demand and inadequate marketing.
Mrs. Pour Manaf, a retired school teacher has set up a local women's
co-operative where she supervises a group of women who produce embroidered
mats, pillow cases and hand bags. 7 Zones has represented this co-operative
since 2005. |
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