There are some days I like my job. And there are some days I *love* my job. This is one of those days. We received this in the mail today from a boy named David, age 8, who received one of our fairly traded soccer balls as a gift.
Archive for January, 2007
Donating your used soccer balls
January 17, 2007Children love soccer. But many of the world’s children live in poverty and have never played with a real soccer ball. Instead, they play with balls made of rags, banana leaves, or wads of plastic tied together with string. This video from World Vision shows how much care and effort a 12-year-old boy in Africa invests [...]
How we make your Fair Trade ball
January 11, 2007Here’s photos from a more recent trip. ——————————————- Here’s a quick visual tour of how we create that high-quality, hand-stitched Fair Trade Sports soccer ball that is conveniently delivered to your front porch. From flat designs on paper… …our Master Printers and Cutters create and divide the 32 panel pieces… …for our adult stitchers receiving [...]
