How to Find Unique Handcrafted Gifts that Support and Help Women Through Fair Trade

What better gift can you give the women in your life than a gift that helps support women in need? They can enjoy the beauty and pleasure of the gift, while knowing that the women who crafted will be able to support their families.

There are many gifts in a variety of price ranges, and circumstances. Many companies, rather than giving a donation, provide a sales vehicle for items that are made under good working conditions where the workers are paid a fair wage and also taught to develop and manage their work or cooperatives.

Fair Indigo.com offers clothing, jewelry and gifts for women, Man and children, so you can give gifts to everyone that are "made by paying a fair wage to the women who produce them," and it's know at Fair Indigo as fair trade.

The people who make the clothes and gifts are featured on the site, which really brings the whole idea home and makes it feel really good to shop. There are stories of factories and co-ops that , according to the Fair Trade Indigo website, "producing the highest quality clothing and accessories while paying their workers fairly and treating them with respect." When you plunk down your credit card for this order, you will feel great. menhttp://www.fairindigo.com

At Inigenous Designs, since 1994, they have "sought to elevate artisans in the poorest regions of South America to world renowned status in the handicraft textile market." Each hand looming work group is composed of as many as 60 people. There are fabulous hand loomed items of Alpaca, organic cotton, silk and merino wool. These items are fairly priced for items that are hand made. With sweaters ranging from $32 and up, you can get a unique gift, help a native artisan and really wow the woman on your guest list. Indigenous also sells mens and children's clothes. These are fashion conscious, beautiful knit or loomed products.

http://www.indigenousdesigns.com/

"A Greater Gift/SERRV International works with thousands of small-scale artisans and farmers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and other developing regions of the world by marketing their handcrafts and agricultural products. This site has an amazing selection of gifts, home and jewelry items. They have a fabulous Lapis and Moonstone pendant from Nepal for an amazing $40. Their fabulous selections of hand woven baskets that run from $15 to $40 are terrific hostess gifts. For a mere $7.50 you can give a smooth onyx tea light holder with this history "Nearly 20 independently-owned onyx workshops, each employing about 100 workers, are associated with Dominion Traders, based in Karachi, Pakistan. Onyx boulders are shipped from mines in Naukundi, near the Afghanistan border to Karachi, where a representative from each onyx workshop selects the blocks of stone with the most beautiful colors and grains." This site has a huge selection that includes, gifts, cultural home items, gourmet items, jewelry and accessories. It also details stories of how they have people from around the world faily sell their good.

http://www.agreatergift.org

There are many, many more sites that provide wonderful items while helping women to be properly paid for their handmade goods. These are a sampling of the websites that you can visit to find gifts that will bring joy to both the giver and the artisan. Perhaps a little something for yourself, while you are ordering so that you can enjoy the true meaning of giving.