新作坊 Humanity Innovation and Social Practice

Ten Thousand Villages: Partnering with Artisans to Overcome Poverty.

摘要：

Founded in 1946, Ten Thousand Villages (TTV) is the oldest and largest fair trade organization in the world. Rooted in Mennonite Christian theology and practice, it seeks to provide work and income to economically disadvantaged artisans from developing nations by paying artisans a living wage for their products and reselling these products in NorthAmerica. As a non-profit retailer, Ten Thousand Villages represents an innovative extension of long-time relief and development work conducted by the Mennonite Central Committee throughout the world. It is also an exemplar in the emerging category of social entrepreneurs, people and organizations that innovate new solutions to social problems and then implement them on a large scale in an effort to bring about lasting social change.