FAIR TRADE
In this shop you can purchase some fair-traded products, that I collected on my travels. Fair Trade is a good way to help needy people to organise their lives by themselves and not to be dependent from other organisations. Fair Trade gives them an opportunity to preserve their culture, get a fair-paid job and lay the basis for further self-support.
The organisations, that I have chosen for a collaboration are worth to be supported. I have visited their places and got a good insight to their working-procedure. All products, that can be bought in this Fair Trade shop are already paid with fair prices. The products are sold for a higher price here to make some income for further orders. By this the Fair Trade can grow. I myself do not make an earning from the trades here, all income is used to support the projects with new orders and to enable other projects to join. All income is going with 100% to the projects or organisations, bank fees, cargo costs and these things are overtaken by myself.
In the future I hope to extend my programme and to find more projects, that can be supported through this way. I also try to extend the Fair Trade, so that it can run self-supportive.
NEPAL
Children Nepal
Here are some products, that are handmade in Nepal by women of the organisation Children Nepal in Pokhara.
Children Nepal runs a small pre-school to enable children of the untouchable's caste to get a school education. Many kids in Nepal do never attend school, because they have to work or their parents are too poor to pay the school-fees. The organisation is giving the kids a basic training, overtakes school fees and even makes it possible for some of them to study. The parents of the children receive a good income from making these children-toys and the earnings of the products is used to support their children to go to school.
All products are enviromentally friendly and are also tested for their children-friendly colouring, which contain no poison.
Children Nepal is a member of the Fair Trade Group Nepal and the International Fair Trade Association (IFAT).
I have visited the project personally several times and have taken photos of the children. For their invaluable help I have started my collaboration with them to sell their products.
Trekking Rik & Rita
A boy and a girl going trekking with backpack and nicely made clothes. Each puppet has different clothes, so that one does not look like the other. They are available alone or as couple. Please mention in your order if you like Rik or Rita or a couple.
Size: 28 cm
Price: 18,- Euro
Rabbits
These little handmade rabbits are available as girls or boys. The clothes have different designs. They are available as a couple or alone, please specify in your order if you like a girl or a boy or a couple.
Size: 20 cm
Price: 12,- Euro
Ranuja witch
This little witch is made of smooth cloth and comes with a wooden broom. At the end of the hat is a loop, so that you can hang it above the bed or on the wall.
Colours: black / purple / dark-green
Size: 22 cm
Price: 9,- Euro
Ranuja King & Queen
This little royal couple is made of smooth and silky cloth and they are very detailed in their clothes. They are only available as a couple.
Size: 12,5 cm
Price: 15,- Euro
Ranuja clown with bells
This clown is great for little babies, as it is made of smooth cloth and each clown has two bells on it’s hat. The colours are bright and vary from clown to clown.
Size: 15 cm
Price: 8,- Euro
Ranuja butterfly
The butterfly is made of cloth and each butterfly has a different cloth-design.
Size: 17 cm
Price: 7,- Euro
BURMA
T-Shirt Burma Aktion
All sales from this shirt go to the German Burma Aktion. It has a thick Fruit of the Loom quality. It shows the logo of Burma Aktion and the slogan "Freedom for Burma" in German and Burmese language.
Colour: red
Size: S / M / L / XL
Price: 12,- Euro
AAPP - Sampler
All sales from this CD are a donation to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners in Burma AAPP(b) with their basis in Mae Sot, Thailand. They run a little museum and mostly support the political prisoners inside Burma's notorious prisons with food, medicine and family contacts.
The music is a mixture of Pop, Rock and a little bit of HipHop, most lyrics are sung in Burmese language, which gives the sound a special flavour.
CD
Price: 10,- Euro
V.A. - Voices from Darkness
This music compilation was created by students of the Shan State School for all Nationals Youth (SSSNY) in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Here the refugee students from inside Shan State receive an education, that they will never be able to get in Burma. All income from the sales of the CD go to Shan refugee schools in the refugee camps.
CD
Price: 10,- Euro
Karenni Women products
The sales of these products, made by Karenni women who fled from Burma, is going in collaboration with the German Burma Aktion. When there are enough orders for their products, I can also extend my own boxes.
All products are hand-woven by the women of the Karenni Woman Organisation (KWO) with their basis in Mae Hongson, Thailand. All income from these sales go to the KWO directly.
Karenni bags
This traditional bag is used by most ethnic peoples living in Burma. I have been able to get these bags in the traditional Karenni style.
Colours: beige / red with white stripes / white with purple stripes / green with beige stripes
Price: 7,50 Euro
Karenni purse
Purses in traditional Karenni style in different colours and different sizes.
Big size is approx. 10x14cm
Price: 2,- Euro
Small size is approx. 10x7cm
Price: 1,50 Euro
Social Action for Women
The group Social Action for Women (SAW) is based in Mae Sot, Thailand. It was founded by Burmese regugee women, who take care of orphans, disabled children and also HIV infected children. They run a few houses in Mae Sot to care of the children and give them shelter.
SAW scarf
A woolen scarf handmade by the women of SAW. The support goes 100% to SAW and with the money their orphan-homes and nurses get paid.
Colours: white / black / green with ornaments / pink
Price: 8,- Euro