Fair Trade Vendors (i.e. members of FTF or IFAT) purchase the products outright, paying half at the time of order and the other half upon delivery from producers (i.e. Co-ops). This allows the producers to sustain their lives while they create the products. Fair trade vendors, such as Ten Thousand Villages, have been providing vital and fair income to the people in over thirty developing countries by working to form Co-ops to create products that will sell in these countries, teaching the local artisans business skills and granting loans to new Co-ops. By working with artisans who would otherwise be unemployed, under-employed, or unfairly-employed, workers are allowed to earn income to pay for food, education, healthcare, and housing for themselves and for their families.
Fair Trade for All is always looking for vendors who are creating new opportunities made by artisans in unrepresented countries.
The vision for Fair Trade For All is to build solid and long term partnership with artisans in third world countries, meanwhile contributing to the development of the local community and bringing life to the uptown part of the city of Milwaukee.
The Fair Trade For All Products are handcrafted by skilled artisans from over thirty "third world" countries.
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