Global Market
Enjoy an International shopping experience at this community-wide event. Shoppers can purchase beautiful and unique jewelery, lovely baskets, olive oil and beautiful pieces for your home or yard. Please invite your friends and neighbors. All proceeds benefit participating artisans and organizations.
- Rahab's Rope, from India -Rescues young women from human trafficking in India. They provide medical treatment, food and shelter along with education and job training so that they may survive. They instill hope with these precious victims. They make beautiful jewelry, shawls and purses. You will love the beauty of their products.
- Dorcas Widows, from Africa - Dorcas Widows is located in Kampala, Uganda. This organization is composed of 80 widows whom care for 400 orphans. The organization provides assistance with rent, food, health care (many are ill with HIV, Malaria, or TB), as well as assistance with education for the orphans. Come and see the beautiful jewelry that the women make from recycled paper.
- MayaWorks, from Guatamala - Maya Works provides the women artisans an outlet for their beautiful products, education for their children, eye exams and glasses, micro loans and continuing education as well as Spanish lessons from their original tribal languages. Be prepared to see beautiful hand woven products - purses, wall hangings, bags as well as Christmas ornaments and Baby products.
- African Team Ministries, from Africa - African Team Ministries' proceeds go to churches fostering and educating orphans and refugees across the African continent. You will find beautiful and exotic jewelry and wood carvings.
- Zatoun, from Palestine - Zatoun Olive Oil has in the past several years planted 28,000 olive trees in the West Bank and provided funds to Project Hope for art therapy inside of Refugee camps in Nablus. The organization greatly assists the plight of the Palestinian farmer. You will love their Organic olive oil.
- Global Mamas, from Ghana Global Mammas has transformed the lives of these women. Women have been provided a sustainable income opportunity by using their crafts and skills and then have been provided markets for their products. The organization was originally founded by 2 American Women whom were former Peace Corp Volunteers in Ghana. With these funds they can provide and care for their families as well as adopt the many orphans. Their products are bright and colorful. There will be clothes - children's thru adult - as well as beautiful home products, purses, skin products and much more. Your eyes are in for a TREAT OF COLOR!!!
- Baskets of Africa, will be presenting unique baskets from throughout Africa. Many are one of a kind and have been only by local craftspeople. Many designs have been passed down thru the generations. This allows the weavers to improve their living conditions, educate their children and keep the talents which have been passed to them by their ancestors. You will not believe the beauty of these baskets!!
- Presbyterian Coffee Project, First Presby and other congregations are linked with small farmers and their families in order to share the bounty of the coffee trade. This project helps farmers build a better future for themselves and their communities.