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We invite you to join us to provide fair trade opportunities. On this page you will find some of the organizations we support. If you want more information about these organizations, or to participate in supporting them, click on their links. Groundwork Opportunities (GO)
If you would like to join this movement of GO, click here to visit their website: www.groundworkopportunities.org In 2007 we visited Rwanda and came to know the people and communities GO is supporting. We joined with Byron Katie – www.thework.org and brought a group out from Rwanda to the school for the work in California for them to learn to do the work to help them deal with the trauma they experience from the genocide, and for them to meet with the team for GO. Some of the GO team members are visiting in Rwanda to assess with the Rwandans how best they can support them to become self sustaining. The Rwandans have translated Katie’s work into Kinyarwandan and are in the process of writing a book about how the work is taking place in Rwanda. Katie is very generously supporting this work in Rwanda to help as many as possible to overcome their trauma. Seva Foundation – www.seva.orgRam Dass is a Seva Foundation co-founder and Lifetime Board member. On this website you can hear Ram Dass tell the story of Seva's founding in 1978. Also, Larry and Girija Brilliant, Wavy Gravy and other Seva co-founders discuss the spiritual motivations for their work. Rwanda - Macy's Rwanda basket - www.macys.com/rwanda - Path to Peace - a partnership between the womyn of Rwanda, Fair Winds Trading, Inc and Macy's to provide trade opportunities to the womyn of Rwanda and their families to help them recover after the 1994 genocide when over a million people were killed. Ailana Grace - http://ailana.imagekind.com Born in Hawaii and raised on Pacific Islands, Ailana, at 10 years of age, reminds us of our enchanting world often forgotten. Rediscover it through her eyes and images. Her sense of wonder and the grandeur of small things is contagious. Join her in depth and intimate exploration of this world. You will be refreshed and glad you did. *Your acquisitions are also and investment into future art as they support this young artist's vision. Proceeds will be reinvested into equipment and accessories to support Ailana's passion. **Images will be rotated periodically so please return to visit Ailana's gallery again and again. -Mahalo Fair Winds Trading Inc - http://www.fairwindonline.com/aboutfairtrade.asp We believe that fair trade relationships with suppliers in Asia, South America and Africa will help ensure the sustainable development of countries in these regions. By ensuring that the money goes directly to craftsmen and women we have a positive impact on their lives and the lives of their families. Fair trade is all about offering a better deal to small producers and craftspeople in the developing world. By paying fair prices for goods and services, Fair Winds Trading ensures that they make sufficient money to reinvest in their businesses and in the well-being of their staff. By following fair trade principles we ensure that: - The producers are paid enough to cover the costs of sustainable production and living - Long term business relationships are established that allow the producers to plan - Working conditions are acceptable and that no child labor is used. Rainforest Conservation Foundation - Panama - in development phase at this time |
Heifer International - www.heifer.org
Heifer International trabaja con las comunidades para erradicar el hambre, la pobreza y para cuidar del planeta. La simple idea de darle a las familias algo de ganado, una fuente de alimentos, en vez de alivio de corto plazo ha pegado y continuado por casi 60 años. La estrategia de Heifer es la de “pasar el regalo”. Así, mientras la gente comparte las crías de su ganado –junto con sus conocimientos, recursos y habilidades- se crea una red de esperanza, dignidad y autoconfianza que alcanza a todo el mundo. |
Fundación Surfrider - www.surfrider.org  La Fundación Surfrider es una organización ambiental de base y sin fines de lucro dedicada a la protección y disfrute de los océanos, olas y playas para todas las personas a través de la conservación, activismo, investigación y educación. Fundada en 1984, el trabajo costero más importante de la Fundación Surfrider ha sido llevado a cabo por sus 60 capítulos ubicados en las costas del este, oeste, del golfo, de Puerto Rico y Hawai. |
| WildAid - www.wildaid.org WildAid provee protección directa para la vida silvestre que se encuentra en peligro. Uno de los objetivos principales de WildAid es atacar el tema del comercio ilegal de vida silvestre para proteger la vida y los hábitat de aquellas especies en peligro. En vez de realizar investigaciones extensas, WildAid tiene programas de primera línea que tratan directamente el ciclo completo de comercio ilegal, desde la caza furtiva pasando por el contrabando y llegando hasta el consumo. WildAid lucha contra el comercio ilegal de vida silvestre a través de unidas especializadas del orden, construyendo capacidades en organizaciones extranjeras con la finalidad de proteger a los parques y ayudando a las comunidades locales para buscar oportunidades sostenibles para su crecimiento económico. |
| Millennium Promise - www.millenniumpromise.org La misión de Millennium Promise es fomentar que los individuos y las organizaciones se unan a la lucha frente a la pobreza global, las enfermedades y el hambre. La inversión en salud, producción de comida, educación, acceso al agua potable y en infraestructura esencial permitirá a las aldeas más empobrecidas escapar de la pobreza extrema una vez por todas. Millenium Promise es el compromiso de nuestra generación consigo misma, con nuestros conciudadanos alrededor del mundo y con nuestros hijos, en la búsqueda por un mundo más prospero y pacifico. |
Over a billion people on the planet live on less than $1 a day. That's 1 in 5 people. Groundwork Opportunities (GO) is a nonprofit organization operating development projects in neglected communities across the globe. Extreme poverty leads to increased hunger and malnutrition, a lack of access to clean water and sanitation, and very low primary school completion rates, among other things. The mission of GO is to invest funds and resources into vulnerable communities, promoting a cycle of self-sufficiency and sustainable development that will enable the improvement of the human condition. The efforts we target are those that can make the biggest difference for individuals who have the most difficult time when impoverished: children, women and the infirm.