Thursday, March 08, 2007

Celebrate International Womens Day

 
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International Women's Day 8th March 2007
Fairtrade Gifts for Mother's Day - March 18th
International Women's Day is the global day connecting all women around the world inspiring them to achieve their full potential. Women's Day celebrates the collective power of women past, present and future…

Kenana Knitters
Beautiful handmade gifts made with natural products by women in the rural Kenyan communities which benefit the children within the community by providing an education programme and an income for the women.
Mini Chunky Pig £10.99 Monkey Winter Warmer Basket £25.00 Woolly Sheep Tea Cosy and Tea Set £25.00
Mini Chunky Pig
£10.99
Monkey Winter Warmer Basket
£25.00
Woolly Sheep Tea Cosy and Tea Set
£25.00
People Tree
People Tree was founded by Safia Minney in 1991. People Tree works with 70 Fair Trade groups in 20 developing countries and provides an escape from poverty through the use of Fair Trade.
Jute Cosmetic Case £4.50 Cotton On design shopping bag £4.50 Cuddly Bunny Easter Set £12.00
Jute Cosmetic Case
£4.50
Cotton On design shopping bag
£4.50
Cuddly Bunny Easter Set
£12.00
Wola Nani
Wola Nani crafts emerged in response to the need for unemployed, HIV positive woman to generate an income. Through a developmental, self help approach the project's members have been enabled to take greater control of their lives and achieve a better quality of life.
Fair Trade Coffee Lovers Gift Hamper £30.00 Papier-mâché Red Lucky Star Bowl £9.00 Fair Trade Chocolate Lovers Gift Hamper £25.00
Fair Trade Coffee
Lovers Gift Hamper

£30.00
Papier-mâché Red
Lucky Star Bowl

£9.00
Fair Trade Chocolate
Lovers Gift Hamper

£25.00
Craft Aid
Craft Aid employs many woman who are the sole bread winners or in a particularly difficult situation. Craft Aid runs a number of workshops and produces many of Traidcraft's cards, sugar and clothing range.
Easter Chick Card £2.50 Keen Gardener Card £2.50 Cross and Daisy Card £2.50
Easter Chick Card
£2.50
Keen Gardener Card
£2.50
Cross and Daisy Card
£2.50
Craft Link
Craft Link works closely with 47 Artisan groups, involving 5,000 artisans in northern Vietnam, 85% are women. The handicrafts are made of local materials and are shipped to fairtrade organisations around the world providing a steady income for the artisans through fairtrade.
Pink Flowers Bag £25.00 Sheep Tape Measure £2.50 Silk and Canvas Bag £45.00
Pink Flowers Bag
£25.00
Sheep Tape Measure
£3.50
Silk and Canvas Bag
£45.00
So make a difference with Fair Trade think globally and act locally! Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls and women is bright, equal, safe and rewarding.
Mooncup - A revelation in feminine hygiene
*free delivery only applies to the mooncup - offer expires 20th March.
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Roll Back Malaria Campaign

AVIF Volunteers will now be assisting with distribution of goods and literature to all our hosts in the effort to eliminate Malaria, in line with Millennium Development Goals 6 and 7 and in attempts to achieve the Abuja targets of reducing malaria mortality and morbidity by 60% before 2010.
Working with KeNAAM (part of the World Health Organisation) we will be disseminating materials for the National Malaria Strategy and Communication.

Simply by passing on information AVIF Volunteers can help prevent, control and reduce the socio-economic burden of malaria. 
 
Small world, it must be. CEO of KeNAAM, Mr Gerald Mwangi Walterfang studied at Leeds University, where he met his wife. (I studied there too and live half an hour away.)
 
 

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Thank you, Jacqueline

 
 

 

 

Dear Alison,

We wanted to share with you an article on Acumen Fund that just appeared in BusinessWeek's "Inside Innovation" supplement (the March 12 issue, now on newsstands).  The story, an extension and update of what was featured in their online magazine last fall, is also up on their website – along with a few web-only features, including slide shows on our investment in drip irrigation and about the Acumen Fund Fellows.

We're excited, of course, to be able to share the Acumen Fund message, but more so about the growing interest there seems to be in market-based models for addressing problems of poverty.

All the best,

Jacqueline Novogratz