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 Filipinas Fair Trade Venture Group Makes Eco-Friendly Handcrafts Published: Nov 14, 09 Comments: 1 Views: 1,831 Tightly hand-wound magazine pages create the “beads” from which the magazine vase is made. The intricate craftsmanship comes from a Philippine community that lives near one of Manila’s largest dump sites and is trained and employed by the Filipinas Fair Trade Venture Group. The Filipinas Fair Trade Venture Group provides sustainable development to disadvantaged people and offers handcrafted products made from indigenous materials to people in the developed world.  FFTV’s unique products are developed by experienced in-house designers in partnership with highly skilled craftsmen from small and medium enterprises located in the different regions of the country.
FFTV’s international buyers include importers and wholesalers from USA, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain, The Netherlands, Italy, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan and China. Its local buyers are retailers from Metro Manila.
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