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2. Ten Thousand Villages - Wikipedia

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   Ten Thousand Villages store in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The Ten Thousand Villages USA headquarters is currently located in Akron, Pennsylvania. [15] The company uses sales profits to increase purchases from artisan partners and to expand its domestic distribution channels. Ten Thousand Villages is a wholesaler as well as a retailer.

3. 'Excited to be open': Fair trade shopping returns to Peoria ...

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   Ten Thousand Villages opens in the former Global Village storefront, offering jewelry, cards, decor and other fair-trade items. 'Excited to be open': Fair trade shopping returns to Peoria Heights ...

4. Fair trade - Wikipedia

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   Ten Thousand Villages, an NGO within the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), and SERRV International were the first, in 1946 and 1949 respectively, to develop fair trade supply chains in developing countries. [11] The products, almost exclusively handicrafts ranging from jute goods to cross-stitch work, were mostly sold in churches or fairs. The ...

5. Ethical consumerism - Wikipedia

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   Ten Thousand Villages is affiliated with the Mennonite Central Committee [16] SERRV International [17] is partnered with Catholic Relief Services [18] and Lutheran World Relief [19] Village Markets of Africa sells Fair Trade gifts from the Lutheran Church in Kenya [20] Catholic Relief Services has their own Fair Trade mission in CRS Fair Trade [21]

6. Mennonites - Wikipedia

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   Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse, built 1770 Ten Thousand Villages Store in New Hamburg, Ontario Valparaiso Mennonite Church, in Valparaiso, Indiana in the United States. Persecution and the search for employment forced Mennonites out of the Netherlands eastward to Germany in the 17th century.

7. World Fair Trade Organization - Wikipedia

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   In 2004 WFTO launched verification scheme and mark. [9] The FTO Mark identifies registered Fair Trade Organizations worldwide (as opposed to products in the case of FLO International and Fairtrade mark) and guarantees that standards are being implemented regarding working conditions, wages, child labor and the environment.