U4C FairTrade Shop - Catalogue 2020

U4C FairTrade Store Catalog 2020

By United4Change Center U4C

www.united4changecenter.org www.u4cfairtradestore.com Copyright 2020

There is a story of an aspiring woman behind every product. Under the most difficult circumstances, their ability to develop beautiful indigenous products results in support for local culture while providing an essential source of income they can control. When you purchase these beautiful products, you empower women from around the world to realize their potential and dignity

Alpaca Collection

Our Inspiration “I am proud to represent CTEA (Centro Tecnico El Alto), a micro-enterprise created by women from mining communities. Today, I can support my family without risking my life and my family ... as my parents did.�

Marina, La Paz Bolivia.

MADE BY WOMEN FOR WOMEN 100% Alpaca from the Andes hand-made by micro-enterprises and women cooperatives: • Centro Tecnico El Alto (CTEA), Bolivia • Las Gregorias, Quaker Bolivia Link (QBL), Bolivia • Alpaquita Pongo, Bolivia

100% Alpaca Wraps for Women Unique Designs

MATERIAL: 100% ALPACA WOOL SIZE: 24 x 71 in (60 x 180 cm) COLOR CODE: Select Color DESIGN: Select Collection Hand-made with natural Bolivian Alpaca fabric using ecologic wood looms. Alpaca is one of decamelids from the Andean region.

An Alpaca is shrined once a year.

Express your emotions with colors "I was a person who wouldn’t even laugh.

What I've been through in my life has affected me a lot and what helped me were the classes."

And textures

Margarita Quime Bolivia

“I wanted to participated in the classes to open my heart and also to learn” Eugenia CECAP Quime, Bolivia

Women combine multiple threads, fibers, and yarn with love in creating beautiful Alpaca products. Every product requires creativity and precision, using a traditional style of weaving with floor looms. This results in the creation of unique, one-of-a-kind items.

Fashion Collection

Our Inspiration

“We wish to plant small seeds so they can grow into large trees�

Sister Martha, Arusha/Makiba, Tanzania

MADE BY WOMEN FOR WOMEN 100% hand-made by: • The Women’s Association in Makiba

100% Hand-Made Tanzanian Scarf Necklace

MATERIAL: Cotton Maasai beaded scarf COLOR CODE: Select Color DESIGN: Select Collection

Women’s empowerment is a part to encourage women to feel strong by telling them that they can do everything that they want to do.

Our Inspiration

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

—Helen Keller”

Elizabeth Ngere, Kisumu, Kenya

MADE BY WOMEN FOR WOMEN 100% hand-made by: • Groups from Women Arise for Positive Change (WAPC)

100% Handmade Kenyan Purses

Clutch Purses

Colombia Our Inspiration

“Catalina Estrada designs in support of indigenous people from Antioquia and the Amazon�

Indigenous Women & Children

FROM WOMEN TO WOMEN “By buying this piece you are helping fundraising campaigns that help indigenous people and most vulnerable communities in Colombia�

Coordinated by Carolina Villegas.

Solidarity scarves & Bracelets

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