Two quick announcements! First, I am extending my Black Friday Weekend sale to include Cyber Monday! I didn’t know about this day until today. So you have one more day to get 50% off of my salad book, Fresh: Nourishing Salads for all Seasons. Secondly, don’t forget that we aren’t having Pennywise Platter this Thursday, but are instead having a Handmade Gift Carnival! I’d love for you to join us!
I have shared two posts so far in my Green Christmas Guide, Kitchen Tools and Cookbooks, and Unique Clay Cookware and Bakeware. Today I wanted to continue the series by featuring several different small companies and fair trade products. I love that you can choose to buy gifts that give in two ways, first as a gift to the recipient of your gift. But also as a gift to the small business or craftsman who made the product. These beautiful and unique gifts are definitely ones that I both love to give and receive.
The first item I’d like to feature are these handmade, beautiful sandals from Sseko Designs (Pictured above). These sandals are made by women in Uganda seeking higher education. Sseko Deigns explains: Sseko Designs hires recent secondary school graduates for this nine month period to live and work together, while earning money that will go directly towards their university education. These women will not make sandals forever. They will go on to be doctors, lawyers, politicians, writers and teachers that will bring change and unification to a country divided and ravished by a 22 year-long war.
Sseko Designs is a not-just-for-profit enterprise that recognizes the power of business and responsible consumerism to support sustainable economic development, which in turn affects a country’s educational, justice, and health care systems. The goal of Sseko Designs is two-fold: provide university tuition for these promising young women through a sustainable monthly income, while also contributing to the overall economic development of Uganda.
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