Day 19: Celebrating World Fair Trade Day. Around the World in 80 Days.

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Day 19: Celebrating Fair Trade Day

Today we're pausing to

celebrate World Fair Trade Day - an inclusive worldwide celebration of fair trade's contribution to the fight against poverty, exploitation, and climate change.

We invite you to view this one minute video to celebrate this special day with us.

World Fair Trade Day 2020 #PlanetFairTrade

What is Fair Trade?

Fair trade is an approach to business and to development based on dialogue, transparency, and respect that seeks to create greater equity in the international trading system. Fair trade businesses partner with farmers and craftspeople in developing countries who are socially and economically marginalized in finding markets and customers for their goods.

(Image from Mira Trading Fairly)

Fair Trade Principals:

Create Opportunities, both Social and Economic

Develop Transparent and Accountable Relationships

Build Capacity to improve skills and access to markets

Promote Fair Trade for businesses and consumers

Pay Promptly and Fairly

Support Safe & Empowering Working Conditions

Ensure the Rights of Children

Cultivate Environmental Stewardship

Respect Cultural Identity

(Image from dZi Handmade)

Many of the companies we have already visited on this journey are Certified Fair Trade Companies. At World's Window we seek out Fair Trade and socially conscious companies to help fill our store. We continue to be committed to offering gifts and clothing that make a positive difference in the lives of the people who make them.

On Day 19, we're looking back and celebrating the certified Fair Trade Companies that we've visited so far. Each picture is an easy click to the art we carry.

Telephone Wire Baskets from South Africa - Bridge for Africa

Haitian Steel Drum Cut Metal

Work, Haiti - Beyond Borders &

It's Cactus

Arpillero Children's Sweaters,

Lima, Peru - Inter-American Trading Company

Fused Glass Jewelry,

Guatemala - Dunitz and Co

Copper Bells and Wind Chimes,

India - Moksha Imports and

Mira Fair Trade.

Flip Flop Animals,

Kenya - Swahili

Hand-painted Upcycled Clocks, Colombia - Oxidos

Felted Wool Bird Houses and Planters -

dZi Handmade

Many additional companies with whom we do business are not "certified" fair trade but also are very much committed to and practice fair trade principals. We celebrate all companies committed to helping better the lives of artisans and workers.

We also celebrate YOU for supporting World's Window and purchasing handmade, global goods. As I always say, YOU are an important part of what makes World's Window so special.

Happy Fair Trade Day!!!

Shopping . . .

Are you ready to explore

what we have in our store?

Today the following link takes you to our entire online store

for you to explore beyond the picture links above.

www.worldswindowkc.store

Don't forget to get your Passport Stamped!

Day 19 also means that there's just one more day to make sure you have enough Passport Stamps to be eligible for our $25 gift certificate drawing. We'll be announcing our winner on Monday.

Click on the

"stamp" to add to your "passport."

"Collect" at least 12 different "country" stamps during the first 20 days of our around-the-world trip to be entered into the drawing for a $25 gift card.

At the end of our 80-day Around the World

excursion, all eligible travelers (minimum of 48 country stamps)

will be entered into a drawing for

a Grand Prize $100 shopping spree gift card!

Thanks for traveling with us today.

Where to next? Stay tuned!

As we head into tomorrow's celebration of Mother's Day, we are giving a huge "shout out" to all mothers. "Mothers" include biological mothers and all the mothering persons in our lives - adoptive mothers, persons who choose to not have children of their own, and those who continue to "gather" children to them and give them mothering care. It might be aunts, neighbors or friends, and they come in all shapes, colors, and sizes, just like the many kinds of flowers filling our garden. A huge thank you to you all!

We still have great

selections on our Mother's Day Gift Assortments. For any last-minute, on-line gift orders you want to pick up today for Mother's Day, we will be available at the store between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. Please "note" that on your order and we will confirm the pick-up details and refund shipping costs.

We are continuing to plan how we at World's Window will re-open our store in Brookside and welcome you in. Right now we plan to open Friday, May 15th with limited hours. We will posting more details in the coming days as to how we plan to re-open World's Window in a welcoming and safe manner for all.

We THANK YOU for your continued online shopping support. YOU are an important part of what makes World's Window so special!

World's Window

"Nobody can define you like you."

P.S. We are glad to be on this around-the-world virtual journey with you and delighted that you are traveling with us. We hope you are learning some new information as we travel along. If you haven't already done so, invite some friends to come along! There's still room on this journey! Send an invite

P.P.S. We're keeping our trip "log" up to date. If you think you've missed a day or are new to our journey, click here to review where we've visited the last 18 days. By the way, Day 19 (today) means that our first drawing is just two days away. Have you been clicking your passport stamps?

Regular Store Hours:

CLOSED right now as we "Stay At Home"

Tentative Limited Opening Date: Friday, May 15

SHOP our on-line store:

www.worldswindowkc.store

As always we are "sharing the world" through clothing, jewelry, folk art, textiles and hand-selected gifts -

and

buying locally-owned is a gift to your community!