To make our Christmas and our gifts a precious gift for producers, as well as for us and for those who receive them, we are also offering you some original, ethical, useful and supportive ideas this year.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousTo make our Christmas and our gifts a precious gift for producers, as well as for us and for those who receive them, we are also offering you some original, ethical, useful and supportive idea.
Let's start with the proposals of Alternative Trade, which again this year proposes the beautiful ones handmade terracotta nativity scenes, inspired by the colors and figures ofLatin america: they are splendid gift ideas that allow local producers to enter world trade and receive fair economic treatment for their precious work. The price varies according to the models which are all available online.
To combat unemployment inSouth Africa, always Commercio Alternativo proposes the new one Kapula collection: very original Candles and pottery modeled and decorated by hand by the artisans of Kapula, a family business that allows 250 people (of which 98% are women) to have a thorough professional training, a steady job and a decent income. The designs and colors recall the traditions of this land and each piece is unique and made with natural colors.
On the site, you can also choose from a series of candle holders, incense holders and boxes that will satisfy everyone's pockets as well as those who produced them.
For the little ones there are some very nice and educational ones craft toys: they range from colorful interlocking games and wooden puzzles by Gospel House Handicraft (Sri Lanka), useful for stimulating memory and the sense of space, at puppets and fabric counter caterpillars embroidered by Manila Design, a company specializing in home yarn embroidery, which employs small rural communities in the most depressed areas of the province of Manila (Philippines).
Even if December has already begun, there is always time to give your little ones a advent Calendar truly unique: it is the one proposed by Altromercato, with designs made in Guatemala, organic and fair trade chocolate and lots of information on the traditions of the Mayan peoples.
If, on the other hand, you want to make a gift to take care of the beauty and health of our body, then remember the products of Natyr natural and organic cosmetic line, dedicated to women, men and children: body and hand creams, face cleansers, shower shampoos, shaving foam and a line for changing, bathing and massaging children.
On Altromercato you can also find a nice one test to find out which gift is best suited to the person who must receive it: objects, cosmetics, furniture, food, clothing, in a few clicks you will be provided with nice ideas to satisfy even the most demanding tastes.
And if you really can't choose among the many proposals, in the Shops of the World you can buy the Gift Card (from 15, 30 or 50 euros) and let the recipient choose their gift.
In Milan, 10 am Chico Mendes Altromercato shops offer many gift ideas for her, for him and for the little ones: from classic cribs to tableware (breakfast kits from Vietnam and Nepal), in addition to the new models of borse Cycle, made in Colombia with recycled tires and brand new Equomercato leather bags, including the “laptop bag”, produced by Madhya Kalikata Shilpangan (India).
OtherQuality instead distributes nativity scenes, angels of various materials, decorations and gift packages: you can find everything on the site www.altraq.com.
WWF allows, in addition to giving the registration and the personal card to whoever you want, also to adopt (or have adopted) an endangered species: dolphins, bears, pandas, orangutans, tigers will be accompanied by a personalized email for the recipient on the chosen day.
Still on the subject of adoptions, we remind you of the possibility of adopting a cocoa plant in Ecuador, an idea launched by SOS Cocoa project by Equoland.
Do not forget the numerous proposals of the many NGOs that work for the protection of international rights, children and the environment: Amnesty International, UNICEF, Telefono Azzurro e Doctors Without Borders they offer the possibility to make donations, buy small gadgets or gift tickets, in order to make our gift a precious resource for their important work.
Eleonora Cresci
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