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Ten Thousand Villages of Raleigh

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Location	Raleigh, NC, United States
Introduction	Ten Thousand Villages, Raleigh is a locally operated non-profit retail store, governed by a volunteer board of directors and staffed by over 70 volunteers and a small part-time paid staff. The Raleigh store is one in a network of over 100 Ten Thousand Villages fair trade stores in North America whose efforts improve the economic status of tens of thousands of artisans by providing income for food, education, health care and housing. We purchase only from carefully chosen organizations that are members of the Fair Trade Federation and the International Fair Trade Association. These groups adhere to agreed upon fair trade monitoring standards. Our principal wholesaler, Ten Thousand Villages-U.S., is the largest fair-trade wholesaler in the United States.

Location

Raleigh, NC, United States

Introduction

Ten Thousand Villages, Raleigh is a locally operated non-profit retail store, governed by a volunteer board of directors and staffed by over 70 volunteers and a small part-time paid staff. The Raleigh store is one in a network of over 100 Ten Thousand Villages fair trade stores in North America whose efforts improve the economic status of tens of thousands of artisans by providing income for food, education, health care and housing. We purchase only from carefully chosen organizations that are members of the Fair Trade Federation and the International Fair Trade Association. These groups adhere to agreed upon fair trade monitoring standards. Our principal wholesaler, Ten Thousand Villages-U.S., is the largest fair-trade wholesaler in the United States.