Name of the Social Innovation: Ten Thousand
Villages
Founder/Initiator/Leader/Developer of the
Innovation: Pam Raffensberger (CEO)
J. Alex Hartzler
(Chair of the Board)
For more information: tenthousandvillages.com
Ten
Thousand Villages is a nonprofit fair trade organization that markets
handcrafted products made by disadvantaged artisans from more than 120 artisan
groups in more than 35 countries. As one of the world’s largest and oldest fair
trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages cultivates long-term buying
relationships in which artisans receive a fair price for their work and
consumers have access to gifts, accessories and home décor from around the
world. Ten Thousand Villages is a founding member of the International Fair
Trade Association (IFAT) and a certified member of the Fair Trade Federation
(FTF). Ten Thousand Villages is also a nonprofit partner of Mennonite Central
Committee.
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