Santiago Fair Trade & Fundacion Solidaridad*

Tour Description

Visit the Santiago base of the Fundación Solidaridad, a fair trade organisation of women who produce artisan products. The organization helps to train local indigenous people, and commercialize their skills.

Meet the inspriring Winnie, who founded the organisation to support the production and sale of handicrafts of political prisoners during Pinochet era. We will 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.

After lunch we will head to the outskirts of Santiago to visit some of their producers at home in their workshops, where we will have chance to meet and talk with the producers, see their products, learn how they are made, and hear how the Fundacion Solidaridad has changed the lives of these people.

*The Fundacion Solidaridad was founded as a non profit organization in 1990, but already had its origins in 1974, starting to support the production and sale of handicrafts of political prisoners.
The aim of the organization is to help increase the income and facilitate the market insertion of people who make their own 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 training 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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