Besides crafting off of Pinterest and making bird wings for Corinne...
and a dinosaur tail for Connor - shhh, they're for Christmas! -
I found the Shop For A Cause type marketplace at the Lutheran Church in Evergreen and went a little nuts. Every vendor there had items that were made by someone in another country as a means to alleviate their situations, which needed to be alleviated in some way or another. For example, I bought a beautiful navy blue silk wallet that was made by sex slave trade survivors in Cambodia by Sak Saum for Freedom. . That was going to be a present, but, alas, it wouldn't work out for the intended, so, sigh, I'll have to use it myself.
I did get a number of other gifts for others, and some for me, and so I'll skip some of the items, but will name the organizations!
I did get a beautiful journal for myself covered in recycled saris from lovecalcuttaarts.com - sold at the Yobel Market table. Yobel Market brings together a number of amazing products from different organizations like Sak Saum for Freedom and Love Calcutta Arts.
Bead For Life - beautiful paper bead jewelry from Uganda, and Haitian Creations (gifts) made in Haiti, and another beautiful scarf from India and One Mother.org, which is the same organization that started my world wide philanthropy challenge. I also got a beautiful skirt and a stuffed animal from Dsenyo, products made by women in Malawi.
And, I got a few things (gifts!) locally, through the Women's Bean Project. Vindaloo helped herself to the Snickerdoodle Cookie Mix so that's no longer a gift. Sigh.
Not only did I got a lot of great gifts and things for me, but I was able to check off a number of countries on my list! Since I'd already checked off a couple of them, like Cambodia and India, I'll be adding a couple others on behalf of those countries. I can get pretty creative justifying things in my budget when it's for things like these!
Cambodia
Canada (On behalf of Sak Saum in Cambodia)
Ecuador
England (On behalf of local US - Women's Bean Project)
Finland
Germany (On behalf of Bead for Life, Uganda)
Haiti
India
Kenya
Malawi
Netherlands (On Behalf of Love Calcutta Arts.com, India)
Norway (On behalf of One Mother.org, India)
Pakistan
Peru
Romania
Senegal
Sweden
Uganda
and a dinosaur tail for Connor - shhh, they're for Christmas! -
I found the Shop For A Cause type marketplace at the Lutheran Church in Evergreen and went a little nuts. Every vendor there had items that were made by someone in another country as a means to alleviate their situations, which needed to be alleviated in some way or another. For example, I bought a beautiful navy blue silk wallet that was made by sex slave trade survivors in Cambodia by Sak Saum for Freedom. . That was going to be a present, but, alas, it wouldn't work out for the intended, so, sigh, I'll have to use it myself.
I did get a number of other gifts for others, and some for me, and so I'll skip some of the items, but will name the organizations!
I did get a beautiful journal for myself covered in recycled saris from lovecalcuttaarts.com - sold at the Yobel Market table. Yobel Market brings together a number of amazing products from different organizations like Sak Saum for Freedom and Love Calcutta Arts.
Bead For Life - beautiful paper bead jewelry from Uganda, and Haitian Creations (gifts) made in Haiti, and another beautiful scarf from India and One Mother.org, which is the same organization that started my world wide philanthropy challenge. I also got a beautiful skirt and a stuffed animal from Dsenyo, products made by women in Malawi.
And, I got a few things (gifts!) locally, through the Women's Bean Project. Vindaloo helped herself to the Snickerdoodle Cookie Mix so that's no longer a gift. Sigh.
Not only did I got a lot of great gifts and things for me, but I was able to check off a number of countries on my list! Since I'd already checked off a couple of them, like Cambodia and India, I'll be adding a couple others on behalf of those countries. I can get pretty creative justifying things in my budget when it's for things like these!
Cambodia
Canada (On behalf of Sak Saum in Cambodia)
Ecuador
England (On behalf of local US - Women's Bean Project)
Finland
Germany (On behalf of Bead for Life, Uganda)
Haiti
India
Kenya
Malawi
Netherlands (On Behalf of Love Calcutta Arts.com, India)
Norway (On behalf of One Mother.org, India)
Pakistan
Peru
Romania
Senegal
Sweden
Uganda
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