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Dear valued customers,We wanted to take a moment to share with you some important information about our project in Mexico and Peru. Since 1999 our project has been focused on combating artisan poverty by providing a sustainable source of income for local artisans through fair trade practices.In Peru and Mexico, there are many skilled artisans who create beautiful and unique products, but unfortunately, they often struggle to make a living wage due to a lack of opportunities and resources. O …

Fair trade is about empowering the producers making the goods we use every day. Artisans in a fair trade supply chain are paid a livable wage, and they have access to better job opportunities and a well remunerated income. In addition, working conditions and a healthy environment are important to Fair Trade standards. Finally, a sustainable continuous source of income must be established with the artisans to secure a steady income to create financial stability. Here’s what you’re supporting w …

Incarcerated women, collateral damages to a drug bust or a badly planned drug deal. Sentenced to lockdown and forgotten for years. Many with children under four years old, the majority victims of human trafficking, just used by drug dealers as mules to carry narcotics out of Peru. A life behind bars in precarious conditions amongst other Peruvian women left to their own luck and resourcefulness in a world of misery and extreme poverty. A cruel end to a dream of earning a quick buck or a glamo …

There are Angels amongst us and some will touch your life at one time or another. Angels of hope and opportunity in the life of people in spiritual need or the ones who have lost hope to give them a thread of light to open a window with possibilities. Sometimes love, other times hope or connect them to a path to succeed in finding a better life.Our workshop sits amongst hundreds of factories in the middle of a gigantic city filled with millions of people, struggling to make a living in the compl …

It has been twenty-four years since that cloudy and rainy June morning in downtown Lima. I was stopped in a busy park by a teenager, asking if he could shine my dusty shoes for one sol….Daniel Cateno Velasco was 16 years old, growing up away from his family to support himself and not be a burden to his ailing parents who struggled to keep their small farm and younger siblings 200 kilometers away from Peru’s crowded capital city. In conversation he confessed to being hungry and unable to secure a …