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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

so when Nike launches a new line of sneakers they spend $300 million in the first year on advertising and promotion, so you can imagine for a small underfunded non-profit like ours how difficult the challenge is of raising consumer awareness across the country around Fair Trade. Fair Trade, at the end of the day, is not charity.

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Collective Lens: Photography for Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A recent series of studies by psychologists provides the research that proves it -- they have found that fund-raising appeals do best when they are crafted around a single gripping image. Individuals can upload photos that depict a social or humanitarian injustice, or charity in action.