DJEMBE-L FAQ Not for Profit Listings   v12a  (last revision 09/20/08)

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Greetings Folks,

In the interests of helping network our less advantaged brothers and sisters in developing countries here are some Irie places to visit.

These Not for Profits sell products of these countries in the spirit of "fair trade" in effect giving our people a hand up rather than a hand out.

First, I visited <http://www.netaid.org/bazaar.htm> which lists a number of related organizations. Then I compiled this annotated list as I visited them, in the process finding others.

Very interesting to me and perhaps to you as well is the fact that some of these concerns carry musical instruments giving the insatiable collectors of these things an exciting opportunity to Win/Win.

I hope this Helps, R

Listings by region:

Latin America and the Caribbean:

The Quixote Center <http://www.quixote.org/> Arts & Crafts
P.O. Box 5206 / Hyattsville, MD 20782
tel: 301-699-0042 / fax: 301-864-2182
email: <quixote@quixote.org>

Equal Exchange <http://www.equalexchange.com/> Coffee

SERRV (Sales Exchange for Refugee Rehabilitation Vocation)
SERRV International,
500 Main Street, New Windsor, MD 21776-0365
Retail Orders: 1-800-422-5915
Wholesale/Consignment Orders: 1-800-423-0071
Fax: 410-635-8774 
email: <info@serrv.org>
Shops:
New Windsor International Gift Shop,
500 Main Street, New Windsor, MD 21776
- 410-635-8711

Cranberry Mall Gift Shop,
Hwy 140 @ Center St., Westminster, MD 21157
- 410-857-3797
    
Incredible Cultures, Galleria Mall, York PA
- 717-751-1747
    
Incredible Cultures, Towson Town Center,
825 Dulaney Valley Rd., Towson, MD 21204
- 410-828-4606

On the Web:
Main <http://www.serrv.org/>
Musical Instruments
<http://secure.serrv.org/SERRV/cgi-bin/page.cgi?category=Instruments&Go=Go&Search=&STARTNUM=1>

Global Exchange
2017 Mission Street #303
San Francisco, California 94110
phone (415) 255-7296 fax (415) 255-7498
email: <info@globalexchange.org>
 
Crafts: <http://store.globalexchange.org/crafts.html>, Videos
<http://store.globalexchange.org/tapes.html> Cassettes
<http://store.globalexchange.org/cassettes.html> and Food coffee
<http://store.globalexchange.org/food.html>.
Stores <http://www.globalexchange.org/stores/>:
San Francisco, CA, USA
4018 24th Street (near Noe)
415.648.8068
Open everyday 11am - 7pm. 

Berkeley, CA, USA
2840 College Avenue (at Russell)
510.548.0370
Monday-Saturday 10:30am-6:30pm
Sunday noon-5pm 

PEOPLink <http://www.peoplink.org/> Clothing, Jewelry, Bags, Toys,
Interior Decoration, Accessories and
Art.

Africa:

Equal Exchange <http://www.equalexchange.com/> Coffee

SERRV International <http://www.serrv.org/> Coffee, Food, Jewelry,
Musical Instruments, Baskets, Scarves, Animals, Desk Accessories and
Games. (see above)

Global Exchange Stores <http://www.globalexchange.org/stores/> Crafts &
Coffee (see above)

PEOPLink <http://www.peoplink.org/> Clothing, Jewelry, Bags, Toys,
Interior Decoration, Accessories Art and Musical Instruments:
<http://www.peoplink.org/scripts/web_store/web_store.cgi?product=Musical&cart_id=1164802.4082>
and one listing that made me laugh!
<http://www.peoplink.org/scripts/web_store/web_store.cgi?page=./products/cm/nd/xx/xx-0012.htm&cart_id=1164802.4082>
Something for the drummer that has EveryThing!!!

Asia and the Pacific:

Equal Exchange <http://www.equalexchange.com/> Coffee

SERRV International <http://www.serrv.org/> Coffee, Food, Jewelry,
Musical Instruments, Baskets, Scarves, Animals, Desk Accessories and
Games. (see above)

PEOPLink <http://www.peoplink.org/> Clothing, Jewelry, Bags, Toys,
Interior Decoration, Accessories and Art. (see above)

Other:

Global Market <http://www.globalmarketcrafts.com/> Incense, Books
<http://www.globalmarketcrafts.com/books.html> and other stuff.
email: <gmc@globalmarketcrafts.com>

Fair Trade Foundation <http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/> Coffee, Chocolate
and Cocoa, Tea and Honey.

Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief)
<http://www.oxfam.org.uk/fair_trade.html>
Musical Instruments:
<http://sq-web1.squaremark.net/shop/category.asp?category=musical%20instruments>

Oxfam shops are located in Great Britain, Germany, and Ireland.
<http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shops/index.html>

Oxfam founded in 1949 in Oxford, England, went international in 1995 and has 11 members.

Oxfam International
Web: <http://www.oxfam.org/>
email: <information@oxfaminternational.org>

Oxfam America 
Web: <http://www.oxfamamerica.org/>
email: <info@oxfamamerica.org>

Oxfam in Belgium
Web: <http://www.oxfamsol.be>
<oxfamsol@oxfamsol.be>

Oxfam Canada
Web: <http://www.oxfam.ca/>
email: <enquire@oxfam.ca>

Community Aid Abroad (Oxfam in Australia)
Web: <http://www.caa.org.au/>
email: <enquire@caa.org.au>

Oxfam Hong Kong
Web: <http://www.oxfam.org.hk>
email: <info@oxfam.org.hk>

Intermon (Spain)
Web: <http://www.intermon.org/>
email: <intermon@intermon.org>

Oxfam Ireland
Web: <http://www.oxfamireland.org>
email: <oxireland@oxfam.ie>

Oxfam New Zealand
Web: <http://www.caa.org.au/oxfam/nz/index.html>
email: <oxfam@oxfam.org.nz>

Novib
Web: <http://www.novib.nl/>
email: <admin@novib.nl>

Oxfam Quebec
Web: <http://www.oxfam.qc.ca/>
email: <info@oxfam.qc.ca>

Oxfam Great Britain
Web: <http://www.oxfam.org.uk/>
email: <oxfam@oxfam.org.uk>

Oxfam International Secretariat
Web: <No>
email: <information@oxfaminternational.org

Washington Advocacy Office
Web: <No>
email: <advocacy@oxfaminternational.org

Ten Thousand Villages <http://www.villages.ca/> Handicrafts
Stores: <http://www.villages.ca/storenestframe.htm>

And here is a for profit concern that donates 8% of the total including shipping to worthy causes.

Greenstar <http://www.e-greenstar.com/>
They have some mp3 downloads and a CD of Bedouin music on their solar
powered website.


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