Beautiful Fair Trade Cuffs from India :-D

You definitely won't want to miss this amazing new line of jewelry we are carrying, from New Delhi, India! Our newest partnership is with Handmade Expressions, a for-profit company based in Texas, whose goal is to promote economic and social well-being in the world by selling Fair Trade products and promoting the cause. Believing that economic sustainability and social empowerment are the keys for community development, they partner with disadvantaged artisan communities in India, providing them with sustainable employment and fair wages to help improve their economic and social standings.

They carry an amazing array of products, and once we get into a storefront (Lord willing!!) we fully intend to display every single one! But for now, we will be content to carry these beautiful jewelry pieces. Everything is absolutely gorgeous, well made and reasonably priced! The cuffs, bracelets, earrings and rings range in price from $8 to $14, and we are seeing similar products sold elsewhere for TWICE as much!

While not made by survivors of human trafficking like many of the items we carry, the sale of these pieces still affects the issue of slavery, primarily on the prevention side of things. Extreme poverty and the lack of job opportunities are some of the things that make a woman vulnerable to trafficking in the first place.

For more information about Fair Trade and the difference it makes, you can read my recent blog: http://bethechange-reegan.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-fair-trade.html