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September 2005

Ten Thousand Villages Attends the Fair Trade Futures Conference
September 30 — October 2, 2005
Ten Thousand Villages was one of several fair trade organizations which sponsored the Fair Trade Futures conference in Chicago, Illinois from September 30 to October 2. Read Living a Fair Trade Life to learn more about the conference and listen to the Fair Trade Rap that conference participants enjoyed on Friday evening. The rap was written by children in the United Kingdom as part of a contest sponsored by the Day Chocolate Company and the Kuapa Kokoo farming cooperative in Ghana.

Note: The copyright to these lyrics belongs to the Day Chocolate Company. Contact Louise Mollring — louise@divinechocolate.com — for more information about the Fair Trade Rappas contest.

Ten Thousand Villages E-Commerce Site Featured by Blue Ridge Communications
Ten Thousand Villages feature on Blue Ridge Communications is a short video clip which provides some interesting background on the launch of our new e-commerce site. Note: Windows users may need to download the free Apple QuickTime Viewer.


A Tribute to Mansoor Ali, Dominion Traders, Karachi, Pakistan
On Monday, September 12, 2005 we were deeply saddened to learn that Mansoor Ali, Executive Director for Dominion Traders in Pakistan, died unexpectedly of heart failure. Along with the Ali family, staff and workshop artisans at Dominion Traders we grieve the loss of Mansoor. Read this tribute to Mansoor to learn more about his contributions to the Fair Trade community.

Ten Thousand Villages Attends Green Festival
September 24-25, 2005
Ten Thousand Villages hosted a Festival Sale at the recent Green Festival in Washington, D.C. The Green Festival unites "green" businesses, social and environmental groups, visionary thinkers and thousands of community members in a lively exchange of ideas, commerce- and movement-building fun.

Mennonite Disaster Services Responds to Hurricane Katrina
Ten Thousand Villages parent organization, Mennonite Central Committee, is working in partnership with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) to provide immediate and longer-term relief to areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Visit the MCC's Hurricane Katrina Appeal page to read more about the relief effort.

Artisan Partners Visit Ten Thousand Villages Headquarters in Akron, Pa.
At Ten Thousand Villages headquarters in Akron, Pa., we often host representatives of artisan groups from around the world. These opportunities provide inspiration for our daily work. In the last month a number of artisan representatives have visited
Ten Thousand Villages, including Peter Ngeh from Prescraft Handicrafts in Cameroon, Suraiya Chowdury from Prokritee in Bangladesh and Sitara Jabeen from Eastern Screen Printers in Bangladesh. Read the article View of the Village to learn more about their visit to Ten Thousand Villages.


Ten Thousand Villages Press Releases

September 23, 2005
Ten Thousand Villages Launches New E-commerce Web site

Contact Juanita Fox, media coordinator, for more information.
Email: juanita.fox@tenthousandvillages.com
(717) 859-8120