What if you could harness the power of runaway consumerism and use it to relieve poverty and suffering all over the world? You would be called “amazing.” You would be called “Trade As One.”
Trade as One collects the products of artists, craftspeople, farmers, and tradespeople from communities where encouraging commerce can completely turnaround a downward spiral of poverty and despair. And then Trade As One brings those products to consumers that care about how their money is spent. It all takes place on their website, tradeasone.com.
“We live in a world with two crises. The first is the crisis of extreme poverty that affects much of the developing world. The second is the crisis of meaning brought about by vacuous consumerism that has left much of the developed world with a different sort of poverty. We believe Fair Trade is a way to alleviate both.”
Trade As One puts idle hands to work, puts money into poor economies, and puts hope in the hearts of people looking for a hand up instead of a handout. It also helps to fund relief projects that bring dignity to people living with HIV/AIDS, that provide care for rescued victims of human trafficking, and that provide sustainable solutions for impoverished communities around the world.
“Many of our producers work directly with those suffering from and vulnerable to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Their work is beautiful in that they spend so much of their time training those without long to live. Their work brings dignity and stability into lives devoid of either.”
Learn more about Trade As One at their website.
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