By Tonya Sargent
Looking for some different options for Christmas gifts this year? Here are some of the ideas we’ve come across with meaningful products that stand to make a difference in the lives of women and children around the world.
The following list of online stores offer a variety of fair-trade, environmentally sustainable, handmade products from around the world including clothing, jewelry, musical instruments, paper goods, toys, home décor, bath and body products, and handbags.
What makes these products extra special is that they support cooperatives of talented artisans, particularly women striving for economic stability in developing countries and regions of conflict. Empowering women with economic opportunity offers their children the hope for health and education resulting in real change for a troubled world. When you choose gifts from these organizations you can’t go wrong. Not only will you be giving your friends and family something unique, but you’ll also be investing in the priceless gift of global human rights.
Or, consider some of these alternative gift ideas…
About Tonya: Known as “gypsy girl,” because of her uncontrollable penchant to pick up and go to new places, Tonya now hails from Seattle, Washington where she is married and raising two precocious cats. Tonya is involved in local and global communities as activist and peacemaker and enjoys expressing herself creatively as writer, dancer, and jewelry designer. Check out her musings at http://gypsygirlchronicles.blogspot.com
Photo courtesy of A Greater Gift.
Hello,
I found your blog through a search on Google. Thank you so much for your support of our organization! We’re a nonprofit with a limited promotion budget, so it’s great to see people like you promoting fair trade and A Greater Gift!
Jessica
http://www.agreatergift.org