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Visit the Santiago base of the Fundación Solidaridad, a Fair Trade organization of women who produce artisan products. The organization helps to train local indigenous people and commercialize their skills.
Meet Winnie an inspiring character who founded the organisation to support the production and sale of handicrafts of political prisoners during Pinochet era. Hear an explanation of how and why the foundation was set up, how it is organized, and how they work today, including many interesting insights into Fair Trade in Chile.
Head to the outskirts of Santiago to visit some of their producers in their workshops, meet and talk with them, see their products, learn how they are made, and hear how the Fundación Solidaridad has changed the lives of these people.
DO YOU KNOW THAT...?
The Fundación Solidaridad was founded as a non profit organization in 1990, but already had its origins in 1974, when it started to support the production and sale of handicrafts of political prisoners.
The aim of the organization is to help increasing the income and facilitating the market insertion of people who make an effort to overcome poverty. To improve their quality of life, groups like women’s organizations, youth groups, indigenous groups or family micro businesses are supported. One of the main fields of activity is giving trainings in the following fields: production process, calculation of costs and prices and quality control. Furthermore, the Fundación Solidaridad provides services such as marketing of goods, promotion in Chile and worldwide and organizational advice. The products are sold in 15 countries all around the world.
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