The Blog
Grant Funds Awarded, FY 2024-2025
Global Goods Partners is a nonprofit, fair trade international development organization dedicated to promoting social and economic justice by providing grants focused on sustainable community development within the community based organizations we work with. Global Goods Partners grants provide support...
The Future of Responsible Trade
Global Goods Partners is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation. We work hand in hand with artisans around the world to build a more equitable global economy. World Fair Trade Day is May 10th, 2025, and this year...
the storm of uncertainty and injustice upending life as we know it? US TOO. Like most businesses in the US, Global Goods Partners is trying to find its footing in the wake of uncertainty surrounding tariffs. While economists and policy makers...
This July, we celebrate sixteen years of Global Goods Partners. What started in 2006 as a bold mission to impact women's lives, has grown to encompass over 6,000 artisans. We truly could not have reached these heights without the many...
Featured Makers: Kandahar Treasure
The Afghan women artisans at Kandahar Treasure remain resilient and hopeful in the face of adversity. In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal and purported “peace” with the Taliban, violence across the nation continued in 2020 and 2021 as the...
Grant Funds Awarded, FY 2021-2022
2021 was one of our busiest years yet. We ended the year with more orders and impact than years past and we were able to give numerous grants to our artisa partners around the globe, which have largely centered around...
What "On Sale" means at Global Goods Partners
At the very core, we believe in long-lasting and sustainable relationships, both with our partners and with our customer community. As a nonprofit organization, a price reduction means, yes, we will not make as much revenue. But it also means...
COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns continue to hinder the businesses of our partners in Cambodia and Nepal, but (here's the good news!) in 2021 we were able to grant funds to support them as they get back on their feet and...
What your support means to Afghan makers
Global Goods Partners has the privilege of partnering with some of the most talented and inspirational women in the world. Kandahar Treasure employs 350 women artisans who use a rare form of hand embroidery to decorate scarves and purses....
