WINNIPEG, MB – It is with regret that Mennonite Central Committee Canada announces the closure of the corporate operations of Ten Thousand Villages Canada, its fair-trade social enterprise. This includes…
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Mennonite Central Committee in B.C. is celebrating two milestones this summer – a successful effort to raise $10-million for a new building, and a 40th anniversary for MCC thrift stores in the province.
The Apr. 24 garment factory collapse that killed more than a thousand workers in Bangladesh brought attention to wealthy Westerners’ responsibility for our consumer choices. Fair Trade organization Ten Thousand…
At Ten Thousand Villages Canada, every scarf, bowl, and handicraft tells a story of economic improvement in areas as far-flung as India, Peru, and Uganda. Take the Cambodian artisans who…
For 65 years, Mennonites have been teaching North America to shop with a conscience.
Ten Thousand Villages, the oldest and largest Fair Trade organization in North America, kicks off its annual Living Gift Festival No. 28.
Ten Thousand Villages’ staff, volunteers, and board members celebrated the expansion of the national distribution centre in New Hamburg, Ont., with a group ribbon cutting on Oct. 2.
Canadian Foodgrains Bank donations; Mennonite Your Way directory available; Mennonite Publishing Network, 2009; Reversal of Alzheimer effects; MDS responds to public health emergency; Erland Waltner of MWC passes away; Chinese Christian leaders call for forgiveness; Ten Thousand Villages launches personal care products; Pastor Abdi Welli Ahmed landed in trouble
Several U.S. Ten Thousand Villages stores resisted the new contract required by the board effective Apr. 1. The uniform contract for all stores requires 80 percent of profits to come…
EFC appears against government of Alberta; Bus Stop Bible Studies; CMU’s membership with AUCC; U.S. Conference of MB Churches doubles membership; General Assembly of World Evangelical Alliance; Marv Frey passes away October 19, 2008; Violence in Orissa; Investors and the environment; MEDA a finalist for Innovation Excellence Awards; MCC discontinues shipping used clothing overseas
As Erica van Velsen and Cara Rempel (above) set up Ten Thousand Villages displays in communities around the East Coast, they see more than the beauty of the hand-crafted items they so carefully handle – they see the cooperation of talented artisans working together to provide a stable income for their families.
Introducing Karla Braun, Dan Weare, Jennifer Lin, John Brubacher, Vonda Plett, Craig Martin, Jennica Willems Geddert, Joy Nokinsky
Farewell to John Neufeld, Carlin Weinhauer, Sherry Heidebrecht, Dave PaulsFarewell to Abe Klassen, Graeme Isbister, David Eagle
Introducing Doug Dirks