Global Handicrafts

Hong Kong innovation: So…Soap!

Hong Kong innovation: So…Soap!

What’s the ideal solution for a mother who wants to work in Hong Kong while caring for the family...

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Kitchen Crafts from Egypt

Kitchen Crafts from Egypt

For decades, refugees from around northern Africa have fled to Egypt to escape horrors like persecution, rape and genocide,...

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Geobars: The original Fair Trade cereal bar

Geobars: The original Fair Trade cereal bar

Celia, of Chile, knows a thing or two about honey. A mother of five, Celia lives in the Valdivia...

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The chocolate that built a school

The chocolate that built a school

West Africa is a hot-spot for chocolate slavery. Children as young as 8 can be found putting in back-breaking...

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Zimbabwe: New eyeglasses from fair trade

Zimbabwe: New eyeglasses from fair trade

When female unemployment in Zimbabwe was at 97%, a bunch of smart women got together and created a knitting...

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Cola building bridges in Sierra Leone

Cola building bridges in Sierra Leone

In Boma, Sierra Leone, crossing the river from the old village to the new village used to be a...

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Hearts and Hands: Joining hands with China’s deaf artisans

Hearts and Hands: Joining hands with China’s deaf artisans

Lei Mei, of China, was 25 when she suddenly lost her hearing. She’s not sure exactly how it happened,...

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Christmas cards – Peru

Christmas cards – Peru

“Those were the years of violence,” said Juliana, a Peruvian woman who works with craft collective Kuyanakuy. She reflected on...

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Dancing Goats and fair trade coffee

Dancing Goats and fair trade coffee

Dancing goats are, it would seem, responsible for the world’s love of coffee. According to legend, Kaldi, an Ethiopian goatherd...

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