by Kathy Thomas | Artisans
Read Time: 1 min. Our Mission of Hope Trades of Hope is committed to empowering women and families out of poverty. This mission includes empowering men – fathers, brothers, uncles, and sons – who help provide for and strengthen these families. We recently interviewed...
by Kathy Thomas | Artisans
Read Time: 1 min. Discovering a Sense of Purpose Together “I’ve worked as an Artisan for nine years. My favorite part of my workday is working with my fellow Artisans while chatting with them. I love feeling a sense of purpose and unity when we work together to...
by Kathy Thomas | Artisans
Read Time: 1 min. New Opportunities Through Ancient Traditions Every Trades of Hope product begins with a name, face, and story. Our handcrafted Rita Scarf begins in a quaint village workshop on the outskirts of Jaipur, India. In this workshop, Babli works alongside...
by Trades of Hope | Artisans
The Need to Be Strong “We have several teams who work in the workshop and I belong to the jewelry team. Every team has their own name, and mine is Fanm Djanm, which means ‘strong women’. In Haiti, life is difficult. In an unorganized society, women have to become...
by Kathy Thomas | Artisans
Read Time: 1 min. Searching for Hope When Emelyn was a little girl, her family moved from their village in the Philippines to the city – hoping her father could find a sustainable job with good wages. But the income from his new job wasn’t enough to provide for...