World Shoppe

World Shoppe is a fair trade company that works with artisan cooperatives in South Africa. World Shoppe is committed to fair trade and promoting sustainable living conditions for the artisans they work with.

World Shoppe is a fair trade company that works with artisan cooperatives in South Africa. World Shoppe is committed to fair trade and promoting sustainable living conditions for the artisans they work with.

World Shoppe encourages their family, friends, and customers to get involved because they believe that the smallest voices, joined together, can make the biggest change.

Purchasing a World Shoppe product not only helps provide income, dignity and hope to people in developing regions, but it also helps sustain the communities by promoting community development, healthcare and childcare, education and literacy training.

Today, World Shoppe proudly works with several artisan cooperatives, non-governmental organizations and locally controlled small businesses. They are committed to:

-providing work and income for the most economically disadvantaged artisans throughout the world
-promoting fair trade
-encouraging the empowerment of women and physically challenged individuals through raising their self-esteem, dignity, and self-sufficiency
-creating a non-exploitative, supportive business environment in which women of different religions, ethnicities and ages can gain work skills and learn to work together
-protecting children's rights