About Ten Thousand Villages in Newport News, VA
Ten Thousand Villages in Newport News, VA, is a fair trade retailer of artisan-crafted home decor, personal accessories and gift items from across the globe. Featuring products from more than 130 artisan groups in some 36 countries, we are part of a network of more than 145 retail outlets throughout the United States selling Ten Thousand Villages products.
As one of the world’s oldest and largest fair trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages has spent more than 60 years cultivating trading relationships in which artisans receive a fair price for their work and consumers have access to distinctive handcrafted items. We seek to establish long-term buying relationships in places where skilled artisans are under- or unemployed, and in which they lack other opportunities for income. A founding member of the International Fair Trade Association (IFAT), Ten Thousand Villages sees fair trade as an alternative approach to conventional international trade.
Our local store has been a part of City Center for two years. We celebrate that we meet new people every day - many of them brought in by their friends!
Our local Ten Thousand Villages in City Center also carries fairly traded products from Putumayo (music) and Equal Exchange (coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa). Read more about them at www.putumayo.com and www.equalexchange.com.
We welcome opportunities to co-sponsor a shopping day for other local non-profit organizations. Contact us for more information and to secure a date.
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