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1. Safari Cell Phone Cases: Tanzania
Kidogo Kidogo / Via kidogokidogo.com
Kidogo Kidogo / Via kidogokidogo.com
Buy here for $28.
Organization: Kidogo Kidogo, Tanzania.
Impact: A portion of the sales help buy mobile phones for women in rural Tanzania, where they can be incredibly useful for women to communicate, stay informed, and run businesses.
2. Cotton and Wood Bangles: Mozambique
3. Coiled Newspaper Clock: Philippines
Buy it for $34 from Ten Thousand Villages.
Organization: Highland Women’s Multipurpose Co-op, Baguio City, Philippines.
Impact: The clock, which is made with recycled old newspapers, is made by women artisans. Each purchase helps give them a job and income, so that the organization can eventually help them apply for loans to own land.
4. Bracelets For Change: Guatemala
Global Goods / Via globalgoodspartners.org
Global Goods / Via globalgoodspartners.org
Buy here in a variety of colors for $15.
Organization: Kiej de los Bosques, Guatemala
Impact: The purchase of each bracelet provides a job and income for women in rural Guatemala. A portion of the funds also helps split the cost with a Guatemalan woman to provide clean water, healthy food, and a safe home for her and her family.
5. Fair Trade Soccer Ball: Afghanistan
Buy it for $45 here.
Organization: Dosti and Bpeace, Afghanistan
Mission: Each soccer ball purchased helps employ Afghan women, providing the opportunity to work from home and support their families.
6. Hand-Painted Paper Mâché Dishes: Haiti
Buy them here for $26.
Organization: Dam Dam, Leogane, Haiti.
Impact: Purchasing these dishes helps provide jobs and generate income for 90 women artisans in the town of Leogane, which was destroyed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. All profits are sent back to the village to help 400 men, women and children to rebuild their village.
7. Golden Star Necklace and Hoop Earrings: Afghanistan
aayenda / Via globalgoodspartners.org
aayenda / Via globalgoodspartners.org
Buy the necklace for $56 here and the earrings for $68 here.
Organization: Aayenda and Future Brilliance, Afghanistan.
Impact: Sales help provide jobs for over 300 women who are challenging gender norms by working in the traditionally all-male metalsmithing field. Funds also support courses in literacy and entrepreneurship so that women have the leadership and business skills to get and create jobs.
8. Recycled Tire Wallet: Cambodia
Friends International / Global Goods
Friends International / Global Goods / Viaglobalgoodspartners.org
Buy the wallet here for $25.
Organization: Friends International, Cambodia.
Impact: The purchase provides a stable job and income to impoverished Cambodian women, which allows their children to stay in school, away from unprotected labor on the streets.
9. Serape Scarves: Mexico
House of Light Goods / Via house-of-light-goods-store.myshopify.com
House of Light Goods / Via house-of-light-goods-store.myshopify.com
Buy here in a variety of colors for $20-$30.
Organization: House of Light Goods / Casa de Luz Children’s Centre, Primo Tapia, Mexico.
Impact: Proceeds from the scarves help support impoverished single mothers and children, many of whom are victims of abuse, so that the families can stay together and work towards a new future.
10. Mini Alpaca Yarn Bunny: Peru
Buy this adorable bunny for $20 here.
Organization: Manuela Ramos, Peru.
Impact: International sales help provide fair-paying artisan jobs to women in Peru’s rural areas, where job opportunities are scarce and they would otherwise be excluded from the global market.
11. “PUNJAMMIES” Lonuge Pants: India
Sudara / Via sudara.org
Sudara / Via sudara.org
Buy here in a variety of patterns and colors from $46.99-$49.99.
Organization: Sudara, India.
Impact: PUNJAMMIES™ are made by hundreds of women in India who have escaped human trafficking. Each purchase helps provide a safe and sustainable job, housing, training, and education for these women and their children.
12. Hand-Beaded Glass and Leather Cuffs: Native Americans
13. Mosaic Tile Sunrise Earrings: Nepal
Buy them for $44 here.
Organization: Made By Survivors, Nepal.
Impact: The proceeds help support and employ over 1,000 survivors of slavery, child marriage, and trafficking in Nepal.
14. Handmade Mosaic Glycerin Soap Bar: El Salvador
Buy here in a variety of scents for $5.
Organization: Shuchil, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Impact: Each soap is made by women from rural parts of El Salvador, who use traditional Mayan recipes from their ancestors to preserve their indigenous heritage.
15. Felt Panda Baby Booties: Kyrgyzstan
Buy them here for $30.
Organization: Silk Road Bazaar, Kyrgyzstan.
Impact: Profits from these booties provide income and new opportunities for talented female Kyrgyz artisans, so they can escape poverty and build a better life for their families.
16. Blockprint Makeup Bag: East India
Made By Survivors / Women’s Interlink Foundation / Viamadebysurvivors.com
Buy it for $10 here.
Organization: Women’s Interlink Foundation, Kolkata, India.
Impact: The organization has created opportunities and jobs for victims of social injustice and sexual exploitation. Sales provide an income for these women and children, so they can start saving and rebuilding their lives.
17. Leather Crossbody Bag: Rwanda
Love41 / Via love41.com
Love41 / Via love41.com
Buy it here in a variety of colors for $86.
Organization: Love41 and Africa New Life Ministries, Rwanda.
Impact: Profits from the bag provide financial support and education to orphans and widows affected by the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which killed over 1 million people.
18. Natural Dyed Fabric Journals: Burma-Thailand
Buy a journal here for $20.
Organization: Borderline, Thailand-Burma Border.
Impact: Proceeds help provide a safe space and artisan jobs for Burmese refugee women who live in the historically violent Thailand-Burma border region, so they can have an income and better healthcare for their family.
19. Hand-Stitched Infinity Scarf: South India
Buy it in a variety of colors for $32 here.
Organization: Blue Mango Trust, Tamil Nadu, India.
Impact: The scarves are made by marginalized women in India who are disabled, widowed, or living with AIDS. Each purchase gives them a job that has fair wages, as well as medical and retirement benefits.
20. Rolled Gold Paper Rod Earrings: Swaziland
Buy them for $24 here, or and in a variety of colors here.
Organization: Swaziland Fair Trade (SWIFT), Swaziland.
Mission: Proceeds help SWIFT provide jobs for 5,000 artisans from Swaziland, where over half the population lives in poverty from a weak economy and extremely high rates of HIV/AIDS. In addition to giving jobs, SWIFT also runs medical and education programs.
21. Bright Spot Jewelry Roll: Vietnam
Buy it for $14 here.
Organization: Craftbeauty, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Impact: Proceeds provide a safe job, craft skills, and a good income to disabled or marginalized women in Hanoi, Vietnam.
22. Inspi(RED) Corkscrew: Various African Nations
Buy the for $67 here.
Organization: (RED) in Ghana, Rwanda, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania.
Impact: A portion of the proceeds can provide 11 days of HIV medication to mothers, which helps prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV to their baby. So far, (RED) has provided over 1.8 million mothers with treatment.
23. Sea Glass Ombre Candles: Honduras
Ten Thousand Villages / Via tenthousandvillages.com
Candelas La Luciérnaga / Via tenthousandvillages.com
Buy them for $24 here.
Organization: Candelas La Luciérnaga Project / Actions for Popular Development (ADP), Honduras.
Impact: The organization provides a job and income to women artisans who are victims of abuse, and proceeds also fund the organization’s shelter for abused women and their children, home for pregnant women, and a micro-loan program.
24. Handmade Cotton Beanie: Kenya
Buy here for $24.
Organization: Slumlove Sweater Company, Nairobi, Kenya.
Impact: Sales help give a fair-paying job to women in one of the biggest slums in Nairobi, Kenya and part of the profits go towards high school scholarships for their children.
25. Hand Embroidered Clothing: Pakistan
Raven and Lily / Via ravenandlily.com
Raven and Lily / Via ravenandlily.com
Buy the skirt for $118 here and the jacket for $232 here, or browse additional clothing items.
Organization: Raven and Lily, Pakistan.
Impact: Purchasing these clothes helps Raven and Lily to employ 1500 globally in 9 countries and work with 272 Afghan refugee women. The clothing is also eco-friendly and features traditional Pakistani styles.
26. Single-Origin Coffee Beans: Nicaragua
Buy this organic medium roast here for $11.
Organization: La Fundacion Entre Mujeres (La FEM), Esteli, Nicaragua.
Impact: Profits support an all-female co-op that gives rural Nicaraguan women a stable income by allowing them to cultivate their own land and sell fair-trade products, which is traditionally reserved for men.
27. Prosperity Candle: United States Refugees
Prosperity Candle / Via prosperitycandle.com
Buy here in a variety of scents for $45.
Organization: Prosperity Candle, United States
Impact: Every candle purchased helps provide training and a fair wages for women who have recently resettled in the United States from refugee camps all over the world.
28. Thistle Farms Spa Kit: United States
Buy the spa kit here for $25 or check out the full collection of bath and body products.
Organization: Thistle Farms, Tennessee, United States.
Impact: Sales help support over 700 survivors of abuse, addiction, trafficking, and prostitution. Thistle farms helps women get back on track by providing free housing, medical care, therapy, education, and job training.
29. Share Cookbook: Global
Women for Women International / Via amazon.com
Women for Women International / Via amazon.com
Buy the book for $26.52 on Amazon.
Organization: Women for Women International — Afghanistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan
Impact: All the profits from this book help women in war-torn countries rebuild their lives through a yearlong social and economic empowerment program. The book features those women’s stories and traditional recipes from their countries, as well as recipes from famous chefs.
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