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Manos del Uruguay
Manos del Uruguay, (The Hands of Uruguay), is a non profit organisation which assembles over 400 artisans in co-operatives scattered throughout the countryside of Uruguay. The aim of the organisation is to bring economic and social opportunities to rural women.
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World Fair Trading Organization
Manos del Uruguay has been admitted as a full member of WFTO (Word Fair Trade Organization), the global representative body of over 350 organisations committed to 100% Fair Trade.
WFTO members are organisations differentiated by their 100% Fair Trade commitment to eradicate poverty through sustainable economic development; pioneering social and environmental policy and practice and continual reinvestment in marginalised artisans, farmers and producer communities in some of the most fragile places on earth, practices that Manos del Uruguay has been applying for 40 years.
Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers - especially in the South.
The goal of the WFTO is to enable small producers to improve their livelihoods and communities through sustainable Fair Trade, by delivering market access through policy, advocacy, campaigning, marketing and monitoring. A goal that Manos has been pursuing from its foundation, making possible for craftswomen to settle permanently in the localities where they live, thus preventing rural population drift and increase the value of the role of women and their inclusion in a country project.
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