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Education And More is a Christian, Fair Trade charitable organization providing assistance to artisans and their families through educational opportunities and Fair Trade.
The artisan weavings and handcrafts that are sold by Education And More are made by several artisan groups in the villages around Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
Education And More is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation!
Learn more at www.educationandmore.org
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San Francisco-based startup GlobeIn is a platform where small artisans from all around the world can sell their goods to a vast international clientele. GlobeIn shop features products sourced from direct relationships with artisans as well as vetted partner organizations.
The GlobeIn website, which is an ETSY like website but more focused on global crafts, is a collection of goods from artisans from countries like Mexico, Egypt, Haiti, and Ghana, among others. As for ETSY, products are divided into simple categories (for example apparel, accessories, jewelry, instruments, etc.), and online customers could browse through all the items available to find what they are looking for.
As CEO Vladimir Ermakov – who co-founded the business alongside with Anastasia iron & David Gorodvansky – say:
We saw an opportunity to help these people further by providing a marketplace for things they’re producing in these remote regions.
The goal of GlobeIn is to empower remarkable artisans in remote areas and to gives them the tools to built their sustainable businesses by providing connection and guidance.
As GlobeIn states:
As servant leaders, we improve the lives of our artisans so they can take great care of themselves, their families and their communities.
Many artisans who are present on the GlobeIn platform, don’t have any access to Internet, some of them don’t even know what the internet is. With the help of regional managers to oversee shipping and manage money transfers to the artisans, these artisans are now able to sell their crafts to the international audience provided by GlobeIn.
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GlobeIn is far from the traditional e-commerce platform who are just focusing on the products themselves; they are more focused on the artisans by telling the stories of each artisan behind each product.
We don't just present products from around the world, but we also tell the stories of the artists behind the products.
Ermakov says.
For example, the GlobeIn website features descriptions of the artisans complete with photos and videos. GlobeIn believes in transparency regarding the identities the artisans behind the products.
As Ermakov says:
All the contacts are open and we encourage people to visit these artisans directly when they travel.
As opposite to ETSY, which charges a small fee per listing, the listing of the goods from the artisans is free, but GlobeIn adds a markup to the artisans' prices.
GlobeIn adventure started in Dec. 2011 when COO Anastasia Miron traveled through Mexico, searching for artisans and began to post some of the crafts she found to the online marketplaces like eBay.
As Ermakov says:
She proved that this can really work. People were really interested in buying these crafts, artisans were really happy, shipping worked.
GlobeIn is continuously working to expand its artisan's network, internally and through partnership and they are open to working with other companies who are already helping artisans to sell their products.
Ermakov says:
We see ourselves as an open platform that helps promote artisans and helps them reach the consumers, but the interaction with the artisans can be done by other organizations that are already doing it much better than we could. As long as they respect fair trade principles, we would love to partner with them and be the technology side of the solution.
GlobeIn is focused on having a "really solid user experience" and presenting the artisans' stories, as well as their works. The site even invites vacationers to serve as artisan helpers by scouting talented crafters, documenting their stories and setting them up to sell their goods on GlobeIn.
As GlobeIn states on their about page:
We are dedicated to supporting artisans from around the world and in developing countries where, after agriculture, artisan goods are the second largest source of employment. By supporting us, you help reduce poverty by giving these artisans and their communities, a global audience. To help you connect with our gifted artisans, every month we highlight one artisan or artisan collective and ask you to crowd-fund their special project.
Will you shop on GlobeIn? After reviewing the GlobeIn website, I will personally do!
Stay tuned for a review of the Artisan "Bathe" Box From GlobeIn!
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Across the pothole-filled highway where we got our shredded tires repaired. — in Boyaca, Colombia.
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