A couple of weeks ago while doing some holiday shopping, team thinkGood. visited a store called Ten Thousand Villages.  For those of you who don’t know what Ten Thousand Villages is, let me introduce you. Ten Thousand Villages sells only Fair Trade products, to help provide vital, fair income to people in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.  The motivation behind their Fair Trade philosophy is to bring respect  and transparency to the artisan, without exploiting their labours for profit.

Fair Trade is based on the principle that trade should have a conscience and proves that greater justice in world trade is possible.  It highlights the need for change in the rules and practices of conventional trade and shows how a successful business can also put people before profit.

Ten Thousand Villages purchases products from over 100 artisan groups from 35 countries around the world.  If you are a collector of fine art work, crafts, jewellery, home decor etc. you just might find something for yourself! I know we did.  We also wanted to thank the lovely volunteer staff that assisted us and our mini thinkGood. teammate Anjanai with our purchases.  If you want to find out more about Ten Thousand Villages, their locations and philosophies please check out their website tenthousandvillages.ca

doGood. feelGood. liveGood.

-Team thinkGood.

Tags: Artisan, fair trade, Ten Thousand Villages

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