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Village Markets of Africa
Bedford, OH
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Village Markets commented on the article |Unfortunately, the term "fair trade" is misused more often than not. Please research how a company will use money from your purchase. If they don't tell you, then it's probably a scam. If they only give 10% of the money back to the artist, that's no different than any other corporation donating money for a tax write-off. Make sure you know what you're supporting so you can feel good about helping those in poverty through your purchase!
Fair Trade should be more than a marketing buzzword, and at Village Markets of Africa, we make fair trade our core philosophy. We pay fair market prices directly to producing artisans and eliminate any exploitative middlemen. After sales, we return 50% of our profits to the artisans in the form of microloans, job training, machines and tools. How is anything less than 50/50 fair?
For more information, please visit our website.
www.villagemarketsofafrica.com
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Village Markets commented on the article |
Unfortunately, the term "fair trade" is misused more often than not. Please research how a company will use money from your purchase. If they don't tell you, then it's probably a scam. If they only give 10% of the money back to the artist, that's no different than any other corporation donating money for a tax write-off. Make sure you know what you're supporting so you can feel good about helping those in poverty through your purchase!
Fair Trade should be more than a marketing buzzword, and at Village Markets of Africa, we make fair trade our core philosophy. We pay fair market prices directly to producing artisans and eliminate any exploitative middlemen. After sales, we return 50% of our profits to the artisans in the form of microloans, job training, machines and tools. How is anything less than 50/50 fair?
For more information, please visit our website.
www.villagemarketsofafrica.com
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Village Markets commented on the article |Unfortunately, the term "fair trade" is misused more often than not. Please research how a company will use money from your purchase. If they don't tell you, then it's probably a scam. If they only give 10% of the money back to the artist, that's no different than any other corporation donating money for a tax write-off. Make sure you know what you're supporting so you can feel good about helping those in poverty through your purchase!
Fair Trade should be more than a marketing buzzword, and at Village Markets of Africa, we make fair trade our core philosophy. We pay fair market prices directly to producing artisans and eliminate any exploitative middlemen. After sales, we return 50% of our profits to the artisans in the form of microloans, job training, machines and tools. How is anything less than 50/50 fair?
For more information, please visit our website.
www.villagemarketsofafrica.com
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Village Markets commented on the article |
Greetings!
Unfortunately, the term "fair trade" is misused more often than not. Please research how a company will use money from your purchase. If they don't tell you, then it's probably a scam. If they only give 10% of the money back to the artist, that's no different than any other corporation donating money for a tax write-off. Make sure you know what you're supporting so you can feel good about helping those in poverty through your purchase!
Fair Trade should be more than a marketing buzzword, and at Village Markets of Africa, we make fair trade our core philosophy. We pay fair market prices directly to producing artisans and eliminate any exploitative middlemen. After sales, we return 50% of our profits to the artisans in the form of microloans, job training, machines and tools. How is anything less than 50/50 fair?
For more information, please visit our website.
www.villagemarketsofafrica.com
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