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Reflections from a trip to South Africa

Posted by in Global Exchange Store Updates on 25th June, 2008 | No Comments

Abby (far left) and Tex (far right) with the ladies of Batsiranai from Zimbabwe If you’ve been following our blog for the past couple of weeks, you’ve noticed that we’ve been posting about Tex and Abby’s recent direct buy trip to South Africa and Swaziland. They’ve been reporting back about the different craft groups that »
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Monkeybiz

Posted by in Global Exchange Store Updates on 25th June, 2008 | No Comments

We visited Monkeybiz in Capetown, a non-profit craft organization that puts all of their profits back into the communities they work with via payment for bead art and community services. They’ve created employment for 450+ women beaders in the Capetown townships of Mandela Park, Khayelitsha and Phillipi. Basically the way they work is that first »
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