List of Online Shops

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[RichardF]

Go to the Kivapedia List of Kiva Online Shops for links to businesses through which Kiva entrepreneurs can sell their goods.  The shop might be operated directly by the entrepreneur, an MFI affiliate, or a third party supporter.

You can add shops to the list there or suggest additions here. 

[RichardF]

This list was moved to Kivapedia. 

[Henry]

I believe this is where the post regarding the Vietnam Quilts was.  Thank you for the post, i've made contact with them via email and plan to purchase 2.  They were prompt and if they answer my two questions correctly I'm buying two.

FYI, there is a photo of a white one on their site that I have one very similar that I paid over $1,000.00 us for.  Their price for most quilts is US $155 plus shipping.  HOLY COW

If these are truly hand quilted I will be very happy.  ( I machine quilt, one was auctioned last friday and raised $600 for a local charity.)

[RichardF]

Cool, Henry!  Yes, this page had the quilt site listed here.  Now it's on the Kivapedia page waiting for some company! 

[Ramón]

Henry, maybe you can buy some of his quilts and auction them off for charity. At least you have a convincing story to tell, how you are supporting both the charity and the artist in a Grand Slam:

- supporting the charity by donating the profit on the sale of the quilt
- supporting the artist by buying the quilt directly from her in Vietnam
- supporting the artist by investing in her business through Kiva

How more effective can it get?

--Ramón

[RichardF]

Shop #2! 

* Life in Africa - Crafts 4 Causes from Life in Africa Foundation (LiA)

[FANAFI]

Don't forget Tampa Trikke will give 10% of all sales to Kiva.org! This is MY commission on the product, so it cycles right over to Kiva!

http://www.trikketampastore.com/105.html

Also a link over at the LMYG blog.

-Jeff

[repade]

Hi,
I would like to know  the procedure  to LIST YOUR ONLINE STORE  as a part of the KIVA ONLINE SHOPS. We are a Lender Team within the Kiva Network and we have an online shopping  website  that uses proceeds from  its advertisers to fund loans through Kiva.We would also be very interested in promoting for free, any kiva recipients products at our website. Please visit www.repade.com  to see what we are doing.  I would appreciate getting your feedback and your support.
Thanks.
Repade.com
Kiva Lending Team

[RichardF]

I finally broke down and updated a Kivapedia page!
Somehow, I even managed to remember my password! 

What I did was add the "Kiva Entrepreneurs" section.  I know other sections are out of date, but I left them as-is for now.

Main Page/Shop

[Amy-in-PHX]

Go to the Kivapedia List of Kiva Online Shops for links to businesses through which Kiva entrepreneurs can sell their goods.  The shop might be operated directly by the entrepreneur, an MFI affiliate, or a third party supporter.

You can add shops to the list there or suggest additions here. 

Hi Richard - I went to the Kivapedia but could not see how to add a shop myself. 

I ran across Trama Textiles last evening while researching Guatemala.  The online shop is owned and operated by 17 weaving societies, comprising a total of 400 indigenous (Mayan) women, who live in the western highlands area of Guatemala.  The store offers both traditional and modern (e.g. pillow covers, keychains) products made with textiles woven in traditional designs by Mayan women.  The online catalog also explains the designs of the various textiles as you page through - what the colors and patterns represent in Mayan culture.  The url of the homepage for Trama Textiles is http://tramatextiles.org and the catalog itself downloands into a temp file on your computer, at this url:  http://www.scribd.com/doc/43452116/TRAMA-Textiles-Product-Catalogue-1#   (I am not sure whether that last will work as a link.)

While I cannot say for certain that any of the women in the weaving societies who sell through Trama Textiles are also Kiva borrowers, it seems likely.  And buying Mayan textiles from these women would certainly support the economy in which a number of Kiva borrowers live and work.  The women who are part of Trama Textiles come from 5 of Guatemala's political subdivisions, called "departments" -- while ASDIR's loans are distributed in 3 departments.  The owners of Trama Textiles and borrowers of ASDIR overlap in two departments -- Solola and Suchitepequa.  Seventy-three percent of ASDIR's Kiva loans are loans to women.  (FAPE concentrates its loans around Guatemala City, so it is not likely any of its borrowers are Trama Textile owners/sellers of products.)

[RichardF]

Hi Amy.  Yes, it does help to be a Wikipedia portal editor to figure out Kivapedia! 

Take a look at this link.

http://kivapedia.org/index.php/Main_Page/Shop#Non-Kiva_Microcommerce

Let me know if you see anything that needs fixing.

[Amy-in-PHX]

Hi Amy.  Yes, it does help to be a Wikipedia portal editor to figure out Kivapedia! 

Take a look at this link.

http://kivapedia.org/index.php/Main_Page/Shop#Non-Kiva_Microcommerce

Let me know if you see anything that needs fixing.

Thanks Richard, the page looks great!  I don't know how often it will get used, but in Guatemala even a little bit goes a long way.     It seemed worth doing to me, and I'm glad it seemed so to you, too.

[cpbailey]

Here is Ahkun, which carries Kiva products: http://www.ahkun.org/.

Colette

[RichardF]

They're listed under Kiva Entrepreneurs. 

http://kivapedia.org/index.php/Main_Page/Shop#Kiva_Entrepreneurs

[Amy-in-PHX]

I've just become acquainted with www.serrv.org - a nonprofit source of fair trade goods from numerous developing countries.  (36 countries as of last Christmas.)  I have a copy of their catalog from last Christmas season.  "Sustainable Fair Trade Crafts and Foods to Change Our Lives" seems to be the motto.  They have a Facebook page, which you can "like" to keep up with their news.

For the people involved with the "crafts project" for Mirembe CC, I noticed that Serrv does offer goods from Uganda, which come from a project or co-op called NAWOU Uganda.