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Part of our mission at
Jinja Fair Trade is to reinvest our profits into the
communities of the artisans and to support other
fair trade and good-cause efforts. Since our
inception in January 2008, reaching this goal has
been a driving force in our sales efforts. Read more
about our ever-growing list of recipients:
AOET (Action for
Empowerment): This Uganda-based NGO is a
Christian organization working throughout East
Africa to support orphans and the families who
foster them with schools, medical clinics, HIV
outreach programs, family villages, and
sustainability training.
Sanskritik:
Sanskritik is a fair trade group of textile workers
and apprentices living in Northern India. This small
group of women is committed to improving the quality
of life for the working classes. They pair
experienced textile workers with young women from
disadvantaged families, training them in the art of
embroidery, sewing, and ethnic tie-dye techniques.
By compensating them more fairly for their labor,
they are able to raise the women’s standards of
living. They also provide these women with
educational assistance, emergency loans, and
opportunities for advancement.
Ayllus Ecologicos
del Cusco: This organization is an association
of alpaca weavers from thirty different communities
living in the Andes mountains around Cusco, Peru.
The association provides health and nutrition
workshops, a storefront venue in Cusco where
artisans can sell their products, agricultural
support and, and educational assistance.
Uzima Springs
Foundation: Bringing hope, health, restoration,
wellness, and an increasingly higher degree of
educational support and infrastructure to
communities, families, and individuals in Kenya,
East Africa, and the surrounding regions. For more
information, contact:
uzimasprings@yahoo.com
Little Travellers:
This organization sells small, $5 pins in the shape
of zulu dolls, with 100% of the proceeds going to
help fight HIV/AIDS in the KwaZulu-Natal province of
South Africa, where over 40% of adults are
infected. They do this in partnership with the
Hillcrest AIDS Centre, whose services include
medical care, education and awareness, emergency
food parcels, long term agricultural development and
income-generation programs. This project is about
sustainable economic empowerment and restoring hope
in people's lives. (Jinja Fair Trade offers sales
support.)
Women’s Center of
Wake County: The Women's Center provides an
array of services for low-income and homeless women
and children. The Women's Center provides shelter
for homeless women and children during the day when
other emergency shelters are normally closed.
Services include food, personal care items, laundry
vouchers, emergency food, and legal services. In
2000, the Center opened Epiphany House, a communal
living environment for single women in a beautiful
two-story home in Raleigh. 2003 and 2004 brought
more growth, as the Women's Center purchased two
single-family homes which we rent to low-income,
single moms. Learn more at
www.wcwc.org.
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