World Women Trade Fair

                   BOLIVIA

Earth Spirit Rejuvenation is a non-profit organization whose mission includes helping to develop artisan cooperatives in Bolivia so that they can sell desirable alpaca clothing to western markets. Proceeds are returned to Bolivia to support the artisan cooperative development as well as much needed water projects. 

                    NEPAL

                    KENYA

                  TANZANIA

               CONGO DRC

                   GABON

                S. AFRICA

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KYRGYZSTAN

ALTYN OIMOK is a non-profit Women Cooperative with close to 1000 member created in 1996 after the collapse of the Soviet Union to train women in traditional felt making and embriodery to earn income to support themselves and their families.Unemployment was very high and the men unable to find work to support their families turned to alcohol.

The cooperative received skills training from USA based AIS TO ARTISANS on small business development and how to produce high quality products for the export market.

Products:-handwoven silk carpets of natural dyes, felt carpets, embroidery accessories, bags, hats, cushion covers, kitchen accessories.

           
             MEXICO

JOLOM Mayaetik is a cooperative of Mayan women weavers who make cotton and wool weavings, brocades and embriodery.The majority of the products are woven on backstrap loom while some other products are woven on foot pedal loom(in Chiapas, traditionally only operated by men) and finished by sewing machines. We produce both clothing and household items, blouses, scarves, shawls, tablecloths, pillowcovers, tapestries, kitchen towels and more.

         BOTSWANA

          
VIETNAM