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fairly traded gifts from poor communities around the world

fairly traded gifts from poor communities around the world. Welcoming. “We enjoy working together as friends in a safe and welcoming place. Some of us would find it hard to be accepted in other places. When life is hard we can support each other like family” NLT Kathmandu Nepal. Training.

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fairly traded gifts from poor communities around the world

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  1. fairly traded gifts from poor communities around the world

  2. Welcoming • “We enjoy working together as friends in a safe and welcoming place. Some of us would find it hard to be accepted in other places. When life is hard we can support each other like family” • NLT • Kathmandu • Nepal

  3. Training • “I get to train the younger guys • in the skills that will enable them to earn a good income for their families • -just as I am able to provide for mine and watch them thrive and grow up with a bright future.” • Pradeep, • Workshop Supervisor • Gospel House Handicrafts, • Sri Lanka

  4. Exciting • “It is exciting to know that the work of our hands is being sold and enjoyed by people far away from here. The money makes such a difference -we want to be able to sell even more” • Taype textiles • Cooperative, • Yauli • Peru

  5. Innovating • “We have been able to build a light airy workshop for the painters and a small showroom for buyers to see our samples. We have lots of interest in our products, we think because we spend a lot of time coming up with new ideas and designs” • Yeny and Julio • Ceramic producers • Lima

  6. Earning • “I learnt how to weave from my mother and grandmother. We used the bowls and baskets ourselves in our homes and then we started to sell them through HEED. Now it’s a way for me and my friends to supplement the family income” • Tahera Supervisor, Kaisa Basket • Cooperative in Bogra • Bangladesh

  7. Developing • “Noah’s Ark have helped us to develop our business, introduce safer working methods and access new markets. The cost of raw materials has become very expensive but we are still hopeful for the future” • Dilshad • Supplier of stainless steel products • MoradabadIndia

  8. Continuing • “Rafiq was such an inspiration and worked so hard for his family. I felt he would want us to continue with the business he had built up for the benefit of the artisans that we are able to employ” • Azim (right) Rafiq’snephew with Rafiq’s wife, Haseenaand their son Ajmal • Saharanpur • India

  9. UK and Ireland

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