Partners for Just Tradebuilding global partnerships through a just marketplace
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Member since April 2009.
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http://www.partnersforjusttrade.org
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Address:
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2236 Tower Grove Ave.
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St. Louis,
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Zip:63110
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314-773-7358
Fax:
314-772-2309
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Partners for Just Trade is a non-profit, Christian organization that builds
partnerships between artisans and producers living in extreme poverty and
conscientious consumers. We address root causes of poverty through Fair Trade
sales, education, solidarity, and a commitment to trade justice.
PJT is an
initiative of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Hunger Program. It began informally
when a handful of Presbyterians visiting Peru through the Hunger Program�s
Joining Hands� Network began bringing handcrafts made by their new colleagues
back to the United States for sale in churches and among friends. Very quickly,
thanks to the work of committed volunteers, that tiny partnership blossomed into
a growing non-profit organization with a national outreach that sells a wide
variety of Fair Trade products and creates educational materials about the
importance of Fair Trade.
More than 15 artisan groups�with over 200
producers�now work with PJT, through a Peruvian conduit called Bridge of Hope.
The fair wages received by the artisans enables them to afford food, shelter and
medicine for their families, educate their children and reclaim personal dignity
so they may assert their economic, political and social rights.
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Focus:
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1) Fairtrade
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is OUR
community project.
