Producers
Producers are at the focal point of the Fair Trade movement. Both the Fair Trade Labeling Organization and the World Fair Trade Organization keep track of all their member organizations, whether they are producers in poor countries or promoters of Fair Trade in the north. Volunteers from KKĠ have compiled an online fact file for a number of Fair Trade producers that we import products from. [see producer organizations below] |
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The 300 artisans (80% are women) associated with Mai Handicrafts are earning between US$50 and $70 a month in a country where the average monthly income is US$20-30. Many are able to work from their homes or in small workshops instead of seeking work in Vietnam’s factory industries. |
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Mai Handicrafts was started by two social workers who were concerned about improving the lives of street children and single mothers in Ho Chi Minh City and ethnic minorities in mountain villages. Building on the belief that social development is intricately tied to economic self-reliance, Mai Handicrafts reaches out to artisans in underserved areas providing marketing and training and returning some of the profits from the sales of handcrafts to fund social work projects.
CCAP eliminates the many layers of middlemen in the marketing system by directly linking with the buyers and the producers. With a strategy it calls development marketing, CCAP advocates for fair trade and endeavors to pay the producers what is due them, in a trading relationship built on partnership. Its strategy includes building small but viable community-based enterprise that are effectively organized and self-reliant. |
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The Community Crafts Association of the Philippines (CCAP), is a non-profit, non-government organization. It is into crafts, development marketing and sustainable development. 
