Gifts of Life Fair Trade shop~Help support artisans from poverty stricken and war torn areas of Darfur, Rwanda, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, and around the world make a better living for themselves and their families. Purchasing FAIR TRADE handmade African baskets, baskets from Darfur, Kenya, South African, help provide critical income for these people. The craftsmanship in making these handmade African baskets and other crafts have been traditions handed down for centuries. Fair trade is an organized way of doing business with artisans around the world that allows them to make FAIR`Living Wages to support themselves and their families. Help us put an end to global Poverty!
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Fair Trade Federation
http://www.fairtradefederation.org
Fair Trade is a way of basically ensureing that artisans are paid fair living wages for their hard work.

Fatrine Self Help soapstone group, harvesting soapstone to craft their beautiful art. Fair Trade is a trading partnership based on dialogue, transparency, and respect. This system of exchange seeks to create greater equity and partnership in the international trading system by

* Creating Opportunities for Economically and Socially Marginalized Producers
* Developing Transparent and Accountable Relationships
* Building Capacity
* Promoting Fair Trade
* Paying Promptly and Fairly
* Supporting Safe and Empowering Working Conditions
* Ensuring the Rights of Children
* Cultivating Environmental Stewardship
* Respecting Cultural Identity

FTF members foster partnerships with producers, because they know these connections are a highly effective way to help producers help themselves.

Fair trade is not about charity. It is a holistic approach to trade and development that aims to alter the ways in which commerce is conducted, so that trade can empower the poorest of the poor. Fair Trade Organizations seek to create sustainable and positive change in developing and developed countries.