It's Thanksgiving week in a season of diminished expectations. As long as we're re-configuring our priorities, let me make the following recommendation. As you're Christmas shopping, why not buy something that makes a real difference in the world? Check out these three options that take your buying power up from more than just getting a great product. I know the people behind each business and can vouch for their integrity. With each purchase you bring hope to orphans, widows, and women being rescued from the sex trade. You're also impacting their families and their communities! Who knew a t-shirt, scarf, or purse could have that much power?
The proceeds from just one t-shirt is enough to feed an orphan in Swaziland one meal a day for over a month! The Sound of Hope is a music-driven campaign that raises money and awareness for orphans in Swaziland, Kenya, and India. Find out more by finding our fan page and group on Facebook, or add us as a friend on myspace!
Corridor of Hope - click here to buy handmade jewelry and beautiful silk scarves from Thailand and India!
At Corridor Of Hope we are devoted to connecting orphans, poverty stricken communities and YOU. We are the corridor, a passageway to help people who can't help themselves. We help bring them hope by bringing you quality and affordable products from these countries. In turn, Corridor Of Hope will donate these resources back into their communities by supporting orphans, thereby empowering YOU to help in a multifaceted way. We will bring you updates and newsletters regarding the orphans and how your purchase made a difference in their lives.
Many of the women have been widowed or abandoned, are single mothers, or grandmothers (called "gogos") raising grandchildren that have been orphaned. Craft sales help provide an income for these hard working women and their families who would otherwise have little or none.
All the profits go right back to them. Please help us reach our goal of selling 3,000 purses this Christmas! And even better, consider throwing a tea for your friends to share the vision of how they can, in a simple way, make a big difference
This is like the purse that I have been carrying that Seth brought back from his trip!
One last site is under the byline of Fashioned to Save the World. Each t-shirt purchased feed an orphan for a month.
http://www.mojuproject.com
Christmas shopping for a purpose.
BUYING THINGS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T NEED ANYTHING.
MAKING LISTS FOR OURSELVES TO GIVE TO OTHERS....WHEN WE KNOW WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING!!
1 comment:
I couldn't agree more...we don't need anything. In fact, I tell people every year not to buy me anything and they still do (mother-in-law). Thanks for the great post!
L.
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