Top ten: Give and do Good
Are you looking for
unique gifts that support organizations promoting social change? If so,
here is your shopping guide.
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Food From the 'Hood
Student-owned salad dressing company that teaches
organic-gardening and business skills and awards scholarships.
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Paper to Pearls
Income
from the sale of paper bead necklaces made by hand by women in the
internal refugee camps of Northern Uganda help the women buy food,
medicine, and school supplies for their children as well as helping
to fund education, training, and entrepreneurship efforts at the
camps.
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The Gateway Gallery and Crafts
Store
Fine
art and handcrafts created by award-winning artists with
disabilities.
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Alternative Gifts International
Hundreds of Alternative Gift Markets, located at churches, community
centers, and elsewhere across the country, generate funding for
relief and development agencies’ international projects. Shoppers
make donations to humanitarian efforts in honor of a friend,
relative, or co-worker, and the person in whose name the gift was
given receives a card describing the gift.
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The Enterprising
Kitchen
Natural soaps and spa products manufactured by unemployed and
underemployed women in Chicago working toward self-sufficiency and
economic independence.
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Coptic
Orphans
The
sale of these handmade items, including T-shirts, tote bags, and
recycled greeting cards, created by Egyptian children, support the
education, mentoring and basic needs of orphans and other vulnerable
children in Egypt.
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Empowered Women International
Online
art gallery and store selling art created by immigrant and refugee
women who learn business skills from the organization.
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Kiva
Connect with unique small businesses in the developing world through
Kiva and fund a loan for a project of your choice through a new
individualized form of micro-credit. Loans can start as low as $25,
and the repayment rate is 96%.
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A Greater Gift
Shop
for fair-trade handcrafts and food products from small-scale
artisans and farmers in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and other
developing regions of the world.
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GOOD Magazine
Purchase a subscription to GOOD Magazine – a bi-monthly publication
for readers with “a passion for potential mixed with fierce
pragmatism and creative engagement” – for yourself or others and
support an organization of your choice with 100% of the subscription
fee. GOOD’s experimental campaign strives to raise significant money
for organizations that will do something important with it.
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