We recently had the great joy of sending $15,000 to The Association of Craft Producers for the their Child Education program. Thanks to everyone who helped raise this extraordinary amount of money in just a few months! In particular we would like to thank Ethical Choices, 10,000 Villages Austin, Just Creations, The Bridge, Kizuri, Garuda,
We recently had the great joy of sending $15,000 to The Association of Craft Producers for the their Child Education program. Thanks to everyone who helped raise this extraordinary amount of money in just a few months! In particular we would like to thank Ethical Choices, 10,000 Villages Austin, Just Creations, The Bridge, Kizuri, Garuda,
We are excited to see an increase in our clothing sales, and we have been hearing from stores that they too have experienced more of a demand for Fair Trade clothing. We believe some of this interest in ethically sourced clothing is related to the tragedy in Bangladesh where 1,100 factory workers were killed due
We have been getting feedback from stores like yours that more people are now requesting Fair Trade Clothing. We are trying our best to keep up with the demand, and luckily, we have just expanded our clothing line that includes cute new styles for both men and women. Advance orders help us get you what
Wikipedia Says: "Added Value" refers to "extra" feature(s) of an item of interest (product, service, person etc.) that go beyond the standard expectations and provide something "more" while adding little or nothing to its cost." An example of the above definition of "added value" could be: buy our gift envelopes featured above for very little
What do you do when someone you respect so much asks a huge favor of you... Denise & Laxmi of ACP ....When one of your mentors says they want you to lead them? Well, a few years ago, Candi Smucker of Baksheesh Fair Trade, asked me if I would take her to Nepal to meet
By Candi Smucker In western Nepal is the town of Nepalgunj, it is located a couple of miles north of the border with India. This is were we flew on Thursday afternoon. The flight from Kathmandu was in a 30 passenger prop plane of some sort (yes, I know, not enough info for some of
Ganesh Himal has begun our Artisan Tour in Nepal! Below, Candi Smucker, owner of two fair trade stores in California (Baksheesh) writes about her visit to The Association of Craft Producers. ACP headquarters are located in the suburbs of Kathmandu down a short, steep driveway that ends in a postage stamp sized parking area. No
While in Nepal in 2013, Ganesh Himal staff had the opportunity to meet with two recipients of the ACP Girl Child Education Fund, an girl scholarship fund at the Association for Craft Producers that Ganesh Himal has donated to for years. Sisters Heema, 16, and Heena, 10, had both received a scholarship for 3 years and loved
We here at Ganesh Himal Trading have been blessed to be featured in Fig Tree, a newspaper that features local non-profit and faith based communities. They wrote three features involving Ganesh Himal Trading, and fair trade, from our launch of " The Power of 5 Campaign" to the upcoming Jubilee sale that features fair trade