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Jirmit Papyrus Group
Jermit Papyrus Group is a company that makes hand-painted cards, bookmarks and other art on authentic Egyptian papyrus. The company aims to generate work for unemployed young people in the Upper Egyptian town of Mallawi, located approximately 300 km south of Cairo. Jermit Papyrys employs 42...
Global Mamas
Global Mamas is a fair trade clothing cooperative located in Ghana, West Africa supporting the sustainable development of women artisans by producing Fair Trade products. Global Mamas infuses business social responsibility in all aspects of their work while promoting Fair Trade clothing for...
Bombolulu Workshops
The Bombolulu Workshop for the Handicapped was founded in 1969 with the aim of providing training opportunities and sheltered employment to men and women with physical disabilities who are from disadvantaged families. Bombolulu Workshops is one of the projects of the Association for the...
Bosinange Juakali Soapstone
Bosinange Juakali soapstone is a private limited group that produces soapstone carvings (Arts), which are handcrafted by Kisii artisans in Kenya and sold locally and internationally to help them to alleviate poverty and improve their livelihood. The group was started in late 1980s under the...
Kazuri 2000 Limited
The mission of Kazuri is to provide and sustain employment opportunities to the disadvantaged members of the Kenyan society. Kazuri began in 1975 as a tiny workshop experimenting with making handmade beads. It started with two Kenyan women and soon discovered that there were many other women in...
Kitengela Hot Glass
Kitengela Hot Glass started September 2000 with a desire to make flat and blown glass in Eastern Africa. It employs over thirty people, and has trained many more in the various disciplines that they are proficient in. Kitengela Glass is located opposite the Nairobi National Park, at the end of a...
Maasai Treads
Maasai Treads was established in August 2005, as part of an initiative to assist young creative shoemakers to earn a reasonable wage through recycling initiatives. Maasai treads makes footwear as well as a range of Maasai treads essentials. Maasai treads aims to show the global marketplace that...
Malindi Handcraft Co-operative Society
The Malindi Handcraft Co-operative Society was registered in 1986 under the Kenya Co-operative Act with a beginning membership of 30 highly skilled woodcarver artisans. The primary aim of the formation of the co-operative was to give the power of business ownership back to the people, in this case...
Monda African Art Ltd
Monda African Art is a limited liability company established in Nairobi, Kenya in 2005. It strives to create and produce original high-end handicrafts, including beaded sisal bags, fashionable jewelry and utilitarian soapstone items. The company is managed by a competent and experienced partnership...
Ganesh Himal Trading
Ganesh Himal Trading has been supplying shops and retail customers in North America with high quality, handcrafted clothing, jewelry, textiles, and paper since 1984. The company imports directly from small cottage industries in Nepal, including development projects working to improve the lives of...
Alter Eco
Alter Eco is a French-based alternative trading organization, founded in 1999, which specializes in the import and distribution of Fairtrade products. Alter Eco products are offered in several French mass retailers such as Monoprix, Cora (hypermarket)|Cora, Match, System U, Leclerc and...
The Turing Trust
The Turing Trust is a UK based charity set up in 2009 by James Turing in response to the poverty he saw in a Ghanaian school during his gap year. The Trust has a Ghanaian branch (registered in Ghana as the Turing Foundation) which carries out several activities involving Afoako ICCES...
SPDA (Special Persons Development Association)
SPDA (Special Person Development Association)is a registered NGO working for the welfare of people with disabilities in Peshawar. The Association's activities include promoting social justice, raising public awareness of disability issues, health and education and advocacy on behalf of people...
South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal
South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal is an Indian NGO that works among vulnerable communities on combating human trafficking, livelihoods, health and nutrition, education and the rehabilitation of victims. Target groups are children (0-12), adolescents (12 -18) and tribal women living in...
Seeds of Africa
Seeds of Africa Foundation is a community enhancement and development program that works with children, young adults and their families in Africa. It aims to drive economic and cultural development through sustainable educational and community development initiatives. The program is facilitated in...
Voluntary Institute for Rural Development (VIRD))
The Voluntary Institute for Rural Development (VIRD)is an Indian NGO that works on issues related to socio-economic development for the rural poor. Activities include mobilizing communities for development, and coordinating the work of local NGOs with similar aims. VIRD sponsors a wide range of...
Zindua Africa Safaris
Zindua Africa Safaris is a travel agent based in Kenya. The company provides opportunities for short-term, long-term and group volunteer placements in East Africa. Currently areas of international volunteer placement available include: teaching; working with children; dental and medical care;...
Charity Link Australia
Charity Link Australia is an ever growing partnership of philanthropic business people and individuals who grant comprehensive, practical resources and services directly to individuals and families who are referred from existing welfare agencies, intervention and housing support programs. The...
Bundu Designs
Bundu Designs is a social venture and online marketplace that is transforming the awareness and consumption of contemporary African design products with a core philosophy of ethical, sustainable and fairly traded products. They currently work in collaboration with over 25 largely women's community...
Kamba Cultural Centre
The Kamba Cultural Centre is a Kenyan NGO that aims to preserve Kamba culture by holding annual cultural events and providing literature to all interested in Kamba culture. The Centre also aims to offer conservation and development education and training on all aspects of development including ...