Making a List, Checking It Twice: Gifts made by women & girls rescued from trafficking

This year you can give Christmas and Hanukkah gifts that help stop child trafficking. 

Here are organizations that teach new skills to women and girls rescued from trafficking--such as making jewelry, purses, and handmade paper. 

When you purchase their beautiful crafts, you help provide income, education, and support for trafficking survivors.

Hat tip to Cassandra Clifford and Amanda Kloer for many of these sources. Leave a comment if you know of other sites, and I'll add them to the list.

Buy Her Bag, Not Her Body (Nomi Network) handbags

Free the Slaves and Made by Survivors jewelry, t-shirts, handmade paper

Made By Survivors Bags, wallets, paper, holiday gifts, books

Nightlight International jewelry

Not For Sale Soaps, bags, coffee, kitchenware (including petal bag below right)

RIJI Green Journals, felt products, and recycled rice bags

Stop Traffick Fashion handmade bags, jewelry

Starfish Project jewelry and bookmarks (including pendant necklace above left)

Wonderfully Made jewelry

One more site to check out: Free2Work, a project of the NotForSale campaign, helps shoppers find great gifts that do not have forced or child labor in their production.

If you know of other sites selling gifts made by trafficking survivors, leave a comment and I'll add them to the list.

Comments

[tacfit warrior review]

Did you know that:
Every minute, two children are trafficked for labor or sexual prostitution?

The Child Trafficking Industry makes 12 billion dollars annually?

There are over1.2 million children trafficked annuall

[Eric Sullivan]

Great list! Here are a few more below. My thesis research is on organizations doing this work. Glad to share the findings with you if of interest.

International Sanctuary (jewelry):
http://www.shopsanctuary.org/

International Princess Project PUNJAMMIES:
http://www.punjammies.com/

Freeset Global (bags and t-shirts): http://freesetglobal.com/

Sari Bari (bags and blankets made from recycled saris):
http://www.saribari.com/

STOPStart (bags):
http://www.stopstart.com.au/

Mekong Blue (scarves):
http://bluesilk.org/

[gift delivery Philippines]

Nicely said. I like your way of writing. Will certainly visit your site more often now.

-pia-

[Diana Scimone]

Julie,

That's amazing! Who knows--we may be related. I'll email you. Thanks for getting in touch.

Diana

[Diana Scimone]

Thanks, Jen, for linking on your Facebook page!

Diana

[Julie Scimone-Henry]

Diane - I am having one of those hard-to-describe moments where I know that me stumbling upon your site was not by chance. Initially being intrigued by sharing the same last name, I never expected what I would discover as I continued to read through your sites. I am almost too overwhelmed to type right now. I would love to get together with you sometime. I can't believe that you live in Lake Mary! I have an office in Lake Mary and live just a few miles away in Altamonte Springs! I am SO looking forward to hearing from you! Again, my email is klconnections@yahoo.com. Sincerly, a very (happily) overwhelmed Scimone

[Julie Scimone-Henry]

Dear Diane, I came across your site while researching pet loss (we lost our 14-year-old shitzu/yorkie-poo last week). I will look for your book "Adventures with Paw Paw" this afternoon. I noticed your last name, which is my maiden name, and since it's an uncommon name (at least around here), I was intrigued. When I clicked on the link that took me to this website, I was even MORE intrigued, as I have developed a strong interest in fighting human trafficking. I am a pscyhotherapist and director of a nonprofit children's mental health agency in Florida. I have a colleague/friend who is a Private Investigator who is currently working on a case involving one of my young clients. I would love to talk with you (if even by email). Please feel free to email me at klconnections@yahoo.com. I am looking forward to reading through the rest of your site! Sincerely, Julie (Scimone) Henry

[Jennifer Haupt]

Thanks for posting these ideas, Diana. I posted a link on my Facebook Page. Peace - Jen