Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to the official shopping season, 2020 version! What’s better than giving everyone on your shopping list beautiful and thoughtful gifts? How about gifts that give back by helping individuals around the world earn a living producing products such as jewelry, housewares, accessories, and even toys? Your shopping budget can be a reason for someone else to give thanks!

Unbeknowst to most shoppers, many of the products we buy every day support forced labor. In contrast, products labeled “fair trade” support an honest wage for honest work. As I was researching including fair trade items on my shopping list this year, I realized there is an amazing variety of affordable products available now as consumers become more in tune with this issue. Some companies enable women to do skilled labor such as handcrafting to support their families. Others use funding to help support impoverished communities. Take a look at these amazing and unique gift ideas from around the world!

NOVICA Black Onyx .925 Sterling Silver Floral Dangle Earrings ‘Dreamy Forest’

Authentic: an original NOVICA artisan handcrafted fair trade product.
Includes an official NOVICA Story Card certifying quality & authenticity.
NOVICA works with Rupadana to craft this item
$47.99

Ten Thousand Villages Phoenician Glass Candle Holder ‘Desert Sands Candleholder’

Phoenecian Glass, Sand
tealight candle included
3Dx4H inches
Made in West Bank

$38.14

CUDDLE + KIND Avery The Lamb Regular 20″ Hand-Knit Doll – 1 Doll = 10 Meals, Fair Trade, Heirloom Quality, Handcrafted in Peru, 100% Cotton Yarn

FAIR TRADE: Empowers talented women artisans with equitable, fair trade employment

$75.00

Large Yikene Ghanaian Wing U-Shopper – Ghana Bolga Basket Fair Trade – 16″-19″ Across (Orange/Earth Tone)

HANDMADE: We keep alive a beautiful tradition of handwoven belly baskets, passed down from generations of Artisans in Ghana. Made of 100% sustainable natural organic elephant grass with goat leather handle. Supports impoverished farmers in the Bogatanga region of Ghana, West Africa

$55.00

NOVICA White Cultured Mabe Pearl .925 Silver Cuff Bracelet, Moonlight Vines

Authentic: an original NOVICA artisan handcrafted fair trade product.
Includes an official NOVICA Story Card certifying quality & authenticity.
NOVICA works with Komang Suastra to craft this item.

$114.99

Ten Thousand Villages Hand-Carved Wooden Nativity

Albesia wood handcrafted in Indonesia

$108.99

NOVICA Red 100% Alpaca Cardigan, Cherry Red Romance

$159.00

Fair Seas Supply Co. Turkish Towel, Peshtemal Towel – 100% Organic Turkish Cotton

ABSORBENT, QUICK DRY, LIGHTWEIGHT – Large 39 inch x 71 inch throw is perfect to dry off with after a shower or a swim. All of our premium towels are made from the finest eco-friendly organic turkish cotton, grown near the Aegean Sea in Turkey.

$44.00

Ten Thousand Villages Paisley Cotton Robe

Authentic Fair Trade Product. Ethically sourced and 100% handmade.
Block-printed cotton

$65.39

Taza Chocolate Organic Mexicano Disc Stone Ground, Variety Pack, 1.35 Ounce (8 Count)

$19.22

Women’s Merino Vine Leaf Felted Wool Silk Long Art Scarf Fairtrade

$29.99

NOVICA Cultured Freshwater Pearl, Peridot, Chalcedony and Quartz Cluster Earrings, Radiant Love

$21.59

Bridge for Africa Fair Trade Zulu Telephone Wire 8-inch Round Pedestal Bowl, African Rainbow

Handmade in South Africa, providing work for more than 500 Zulu families

$58.95

Tibetan Socks Hand Knit Wool Fleece Lined Long Slipper Socks

COZY & COMPASSIONATE: Made in Himalayan villages by local housewives, this generations-old handicraft allows mothers to stay home with their children and earn supplemental income.

$39.95