Archive for tag: fair trade

WEAVE Seeks Venture-Partners for its New Livelihood Program

28 September, 2009 (15:18) | News | By: Mitos Urgel

Chiang Mai September 2009  WEAVE, in collaboration with its local partners composed mainly of displaced and refugee women on the Thai-Burma borders, has developed a project that will provide safe employment, promote production and marketing of locally-produced handicrafts, improve food security and reduce dependency on refugee ration.
WEAVE’s coordinated project which is entitled, Together Responding to [...]

New Fair Trade Shop Opens in Mae Sot

13 February, 2009 (15:32) | News | By: WEAVE

A new partnership between Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment (WEAVE) and Thai Tribal Crafts (TTC) will be celebrated with the official launch of a new, shared, Fair Trade Shop, at 5pm, 19 February 2009, in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand.

An array of beautifully handcrafted, traditional, Karen textile products will be on show and for [...]