Our Vision
The World of Beautiful Things is a purveyor of fine hand-made and fair-traded goods and services. We are a fair-trade marketplace for Artisans.
Our Mission
Marketing goods made by artisans around the world, The World of Beautiful Things Marketplace is a platform for Creative people (we work with both individuals and groups) to develop their business and marketing skills, so as to become independent business people and be more empowered to make informed choices in their lives.
The World of Beautiful Things specializes in identifying and protecting vulnerable heads of households that have been displaced by violence. Most of these families are female headed and have very few transferable skills. They are very skilled in things that are very important an can be often undervalued such as farming, weaving, cleaning, Adult and childcare, public speaking, song/ dance and performance skills, bead work, leather work and tailoring to name a few. When appropriately packaged and supported people can use these skills to earn a rewarding and respectable living. By providing resources for long-term support, refugees, displaced people, disenfranchised youth can become catalysts for strengthening networks and creating sustainable change in local and global communities.
OUR MODEL
We have over 26 years of work with artisans worldwide. Beginning in Kenya and Uganda and now we work with artisans in Nigeria, Ghana Nepal, India, Cambodia, Thailand, Tanzania and the United States. We are always open to additional partners and seek to provide long term support for makers to reach their goals. We have been involved in supporting groups and people build/ buy homes, educate their children, start/ expand their businesses and develop additional skills. We partner with local community-based organizations to provide families with an umbrella of intensive case management, business education, skill development (accounting, marketing, clearing and forwarding etc.)
Purchases made on this web store go to support this work. Thank you for taking the time to visit us.