Sanyork Fair Trade Maintained by:   sanyorksales( 711) Artisan hand made fair Trade painted pottery & decorative vases. Rugs, blankets, alpaca wool knit clothing, scarves, gloves, sweaters, ponchos & capes.Metal wall decor & art.Carved gourds and stone animal carvings. Sterling silver jewelry.Peruvian musical instruments like ocarinas, flutes & drums. Sanyork Fair Trade is a socially and economically responsible organization committed to produce in a fair partnership with our artisans in San Juan de Lurigancho-Peru. We provide a healthy and comfortable work environment, readily available raw materials, adequate room and board and a stream of orders, wholesale and retail, to keep constantly working and getting a steady fair income to everyone involved in our project. In addition we have created fund raisers and projects to help those neighbors in desperate need in a state without a welfare system and where poverty is inhumane and extreme. These practices promote a healthy work relationship, sustainble economies, along with high standards, quality choices and direct low prices to our customers. Standards of living and income are increased. You are able to buy at a fair price, everyone wins. No sweatshops, no one is underpaid, no worker is exploited, no pollution or harm to our environment is created. Feel good about it... Fair Trade is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Its purpose is to create opportunities for producers who have been economically disadvantaged or marginalized by the conventional trading system. We have organized three foundations to assist our neighbors, children and single working mothers, to overcome the struggles with extreme poverty and have organized fund raisers for our other projects such as toy and food drives for the slum "Lumbreras" in our neighborhood.

Back to previous page  Why Fair Trade? "One of a kind art forms, they all get made from scratch" Sanyork Fair Trade operates an artisan studio in Lima-Peru that hosts sixty-one artisans who are experts in the fields of weaving, knitting, ceramics, painting, metal welding, silver smithing,  stone carving and sewing. In the name of Fair Trade and social consciousness we have built our crafts center to house and board twenty two of those artisans who come from remote country areas giving their talent an opportunity against poverty and in doing so we generate a fair paying trade. Our store brings directly the artisans to you, without a middleman, and priced by the artist that created the work. The artists fairly receive the most of the final selling price and their work gets world wide exposure through our wholesale showroom and web site. Most importantly they take pride in the work and continue their cultural tradition in a just and sustainable economic system through fair trade. In today's world economy, where profits rule and small-scale producers are left out of the bargaining process, farmers, craft producers, and other workers are often left without resources or hope for their future. Fair Trade helps exploited producers escape from this cycle and gives them a way to maintain their traditional lifestyles with dignity, receive a fair price under direct long-term contracts, allow small-scale producers in democratic co-ops to receive a living wage and can bargain collectively, don't use abusive child labor or forced labor, are guaranteed national health safety and above average wages and use ecologically sustainable methods and conserve natural resources. We aim to build greater awareness of global trade issues and translate that awareness into Fair Trade activism. It has been proven that profits and socially and economically responsible working conditions are a feasible combination. "A tradition of excellence and pride for fine work" The foothills around our workshop are plagued with cardboard huts and human beings in extreme poverty. Until you reach those sandy hills and walk the dirt trails marked by the bare feet of children that are barely clothed, it hits you and you realize how fortunate we are and what can we do to help make a difference, even if only small in proportion to the huge chaos around you. Many of our artisan’s came from these hills, without water, electricity, roads and with many abandoned children left to struggle drug addiction, prostitution and extreme hunger with no way out, no light at the end of this dark tunnel. Many women left alone with children to raise and feed in this calamity. Along with our constant struggle to keep our 61 artisans working permanently and improving our facilities to offer a better work place, our staff undertakes small aide projects to families in catastrophic circumstances. We use our own funds to aid someone in need for a cardboard roof or a hut for a homeless family or food for abandoned orphan children and so on. These are things that we deal with weekly and that our generous employees and our small firm despite their own circumstances and struggles must deal with. We can’t overlook these facts of life and walk away from them. Favorite Links Our current aide projects in Peru Our Newsletter about Peru Why Fair Trade? Listings To protect bidder privacy, when the price or highest bid on an item reaches or exceeds a certain level, User IDs will be displayed as anonymous names. For auction items, a bold price means at least one bid has been received. Note: Anonymous names may appear more than once and may represent different bidders. Sanyorkfairtrade Top Listings Item Start End Price Title High Bidder/Status 250173714898 Oct-07-07 Nov-25-09 18:24:53 $15.99 Hand Crocheted Alpaca Wool Hat Natural Colors Peru Available 250174017951 Oct-08-07 Nov-26-09 15:25:20 $9.99 Boxes Set of Three Hand Tooled Leather 3 in 1 by Wilde Available 250175372126 Oct-12-07 Nov-30-09 08:51:03 $129.99 Handwoven Rug 100% Wool 4'x6' Southwest theme N. Suarez Available 250175758985 Oct-13-07 Dec-01-09 10:59:32 $19.99 Cat Sign Metal Wall Decor Sam Cameron Original 13"x17" Available 250175863888 Oct-13-07 Dec-01-09 19:17:08 $19.99 Dog Sign Metal Wall Decor by Cameron-Fair Trade-Peru Available 250176864235 Oct-16-07 Dec-04-09 12:20:40 $249.99 Wool Rug Hand Woven 5'x5' Paracas Design Fair Trade Available 250181039339 Oct-28-07 Dec-15-09 23:25:18 $19.99 Wool Table Runner Woven 10"x64" Rocio Paredes $ 49.99 Available 250181040105 Oct-28-07 Dec-15-09 23:30:48 $139.99 Wool Area Rug 4'x6' Starburst-Fair Trade-Reg. $ 349.95 Available 250203839732 Jan-07-08 Nov-27-09 21:37:13 $9.99 Set of 2 Candle Holders 4" Clay Boys and Girls Peru Available 250204242289 Jan-09-08 Nov-29-09 06:21:13 $19.99 Magic Dragonfly 18"x20" Steel-Fair Trade-Peru $69.99 Available Go see all current items for sale by this member. FeedBacks User:sgh1527( 65)  Date:Nov-22-09 11:35:29 PST Praise: Thank you! User:860rh( 120)  Date:Nov-18-09 19:15:34 PST Praise: As expected. 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