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

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So yes, awareness around Fair Trade is growing, but it's growing slowly basically because the resources are still insufficient to tackle the job in a major national way. Instead, I stayed for eleven years and lived in Nicaragua through the Contra War and worked with farmers and with co-ops during that time.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

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Vital Voices :: @ VitalVoices. Vital Voices works with extraordinary women leaders accelerating peace and prosperity in their communities. The American Nicaraguan Foundation is a nonprofit that provides basic needs and tools for people to help stop poverty in Nicaragua. amfAR :: @ amfAR. charity: water :: @ CharityWater.