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Ice Cream Making Class with Guerrilla Ice Cream and Global Goods Partners

Global Goods Partners works with 3 amazing artisan groups in Pakistan. Join Guerrilla Ice Cream and GGP on August 24th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm for an evening of Pakistani-themed ice cream making and a discussion of Global Goods Partners' amazing...

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[Intern Picks] Alexa shares her favorite GGP items!

Hey everyone! I’m Alexa, one of three interns here at GGP. It’s one of the last days in the office and we are all very sad to leave. I feel very lucky to have been an intern for Global Goods...

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[Film Event] "Black Gold"

Did you know that for every $3 cup of coffee, only 3 cents goes to the farmer who grew the coffee beans? Our Tuesday, August 10th event at Birch Coffee was a great success.  A number of GGP supporters came...

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[Film Event] "Child Brides: Stolen Lives"

Last night--Wednesday, August 4th--Global Goods Partners screened "Child Brides: Stolen Lives" as part of our summer film series. This event was co-sponsored by Engel Entertainment who produced the film for the PBS series “NOW.” PBS premiered the screening in October 2007;...

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Joan, co-founder of GGP, shares her story!

Get personal with Global Goods Partners! An intern sat down with co-founder Joan Shifrin and posed a couple of questions about GGP, fair trade, women empowerment, and lessons to be learned. Read and share Joan’s responses or ask some of...

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Global Goods Partners in Pakistan

Two weeks ago, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) sponsored a trip for a number of fair trade organizations to Pakistan to spur economic and artisan development. Cecilia Foxworthy - GGP's Director of Operations and Marketing for about...

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Meet Zodwa Ngcamphalala, Micro-Entrepreneur

Sukumani Bomaki! Rise up, women! This is the slogan of Gone Rural, one of the community-based organizations Global Goods Partners works with in Africa. Gone Rural strives to provide employment opportunities for women across rural Swaziland. Here's the story of...

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Rwanda Girls Initiative

When Global Goods Partners posted “The Girl Effect,” another great organization left a comment. A representative from Rwanda Girls Initiative  reached out and shared their mission. “Educate a Girl. Inspire a Community. Transform a Country” is the tagline of Rwanda...

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The Girl Effect

It was mentioned in an earlier post that when women earn an income, they reinvest 90% of it into their families, compared to 30-40% for men. It bears repeating. Ninety percent of the income a woman earns is invested in...

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