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	Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman BellaOnline's Human Rights Editor

Kiva - Web Based Microfinancing
Where most charities fund programs to provide aid to those in need, Kiva,org applies lending principles by providing loans to third world recipients to flourish their own businesses, thus reducing the need for charity by contributing to financial independence.

KUSIKUY [offsite link]
KUSIKUY, a Fair Trade company, works with Bolivian communities in the Andes Mountains. Using native technologies, quality clothing is produced from local organic materials for export. Materials include organic cotton, llama and alpaca wool.

Mad Imports [offsite link]
Mad Imports is a socially responsible company that sells handmade art and accessories from Madagascar and Kenya.

NOVICA [offsite link]
NOVICA unites you with more than 2,000 extraordinary master artists around the world. Read about their lives, explore their fascinating cultures, and select from more than 17,000 handcrafted works of art.

Oxfam [offsite link]
What Oxfam is Doing Helping Organizations Advocate for Fair Trade Rules Oxfam America and the 11 other Oxfam International affiliates are supporting organizations in poor countries that are demanding pro-poor trade policies from their own governments and the World Trade Organization. Changing the Rules of Trade Oxfam produces high-quality research and advocates for responsible policies that will help poor people benefit from international trade. Oxfam´s policy recommendations are considere

Welcome to Baskets of Africa! [offsite link]
Welcome to Baskets of Africa!With all the arts and crafts offered on this site, we have two objectives: to provide the customer with a beautiful, functional, unique piece of artwork, and to further the economic development of the weavers, most of whom are rural women.

Welcome to Global Girlfriend [offsite link]
Global Girlfriend is a unique fair trade boutique selling specialty hand-made gifts and goods made by women´s non-profit programs, women´s cooperatives worldwide and products that benefit women´s human rights.

World of Good [offsite link]
World of Good brings you beautiful handcrafted products from cooperatives, NGOs and nonprofits in developing countries to the US market with the aim of promoting fair trade and reinvesting the profits to better the communities from which they come. World of Good Inc. donates 10% of its profits towards World of Good: Development organization, a 501(c) non-profit that is commited to building a stronger fair trade crafts movement in the United States, promoting clear transparent international stand

World Shoppe [offsite link]
World Shoppe A journey for your senses, World Shoppe is more than just a place to purchase products, it´s a place where you can indeed make a difference.

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