Global Goods Partners’ overriding aim is to build sustainable artisan enterprises in the Global South that allow our artisan partners to prosper and thrive well into the future. In addition to the revenue they earn from the products we sell online and through other retailers, we offer our partners small financial grants to purchase new equipment, upgrade their facilities or to improve the lives of the women artisans they work with and their families. Between 2006 and 2016, GGP awarded more than $150,000 in grants to our partners. Listed below are the grants we awarded in 2015 and 2016.
2018 Grants
PARTNER
COUNTRY
AMOUNT
PURPOSE
U.S.A.
$600
Support for GFW's mission of championing the human rights of women and girls, in recognition of GGP's participation in a GFW-sponsored event.
India
$9,500
Support for after-school craft training for 60 at-risk adolescent girls in Calcutta.
Guatemala
$395
Support for girls secondary education and and community development projects.
Haiti
$1,000
Support for ABN's participation in NY NOW, the New York-based semi-annual gift show (August 2018).
Tanzania
$950
Support for girls' secondary educations within Maasai communities.
2017 Grants
PARTNER
COUNTRY
AMOUNT
PURPOSE
Guatemala
$2,205
Support for girls secondary education and and community development projects including water filtration, solar kits, organic gardens and smokeless stoves.
Seeds of Peace
U.S.A.
$530
General support for the organization's conflict resolution and peace-building programs.
Mexico
$9,500
Support for training in sustainable agriculture and handcraft skills to address food and livelihood security in Yaxcaba, Yucatan.
Tanzania
$950
Support for girls' secondary educations within Maasai communities.
2016 Grants
PARTNER
COUNTRY
AMOUNT
PURPOSE
Guatemala
$1,500
Support for (1) girls' secondary education, maternal and infant health care and nutritional supplements; and, (2) community development projects including water filtration, solar kits, organic gardens and smokeless stoves.
Reflection
India
$14,250
Support to increase Destiny's capacity to provide literacy and numeracy education and training in income-generating craft activities to a greater number of formerly trafficked and vulnerable women.
Afghanistan
$8,500
Funding for (1) ongoing activities and expenses including secure transportation for women artisans, work-day meals, and oil for the workshop’s generator; (2) the purchase of an new equipment overlock sewing machine and multiple professional steam irons.
Tanzania
$1,900
Support for Maasai girls' secondary education, including tuition scholarships and funding for related school expenses
Peru
$1,000
Support for Manuela Ramos' participation in the 2016 Peru Gift Show
Guatemala
$650
General support for the organization's conflict resolution and peace-building programs
2015 Grants
PARTNER
COUNTRY
AMOUNT
PURPOSE
Guatemala
$13,800
Support for community development projects including water filtration, solar kits, organic gardens and smokeless stoves.
Bolivia
$600
Funding for artisan eye care including exams, corrective glasses.
Tanzania
$7,000
General operating support for MWEDO's programmatic activities, including human rights and property rights training and funding for girls' secondary education..
Nepal
$2,000
Emergency relief and funding for reconstruction following the devastating earthquake in April 2015.
INTERESTING FACTS
Global Goods Partners is committed to strengthening our partners through capacity building, training, and our small grants program. Here are results from our latest impact survey:
