Released on: January 25, 2008, 12:43 pm

Press Release Author: Kevin Ward / Gifts With Humanity

Industry: Retail

Press Release Summary: In a bid to raise awareness of Fair Trade issues in the
primary, a Florida-based company has launched a unique promotion. The online
retailer GiftsWithHumanity.org is offering products made from recycled flip flops by
impoverished artisans in Kenya. In recent election seasons flip flopping has become
the verb of choice.

Press Release Body: Press Release

Date: Jan 25th 2008
Subject: Can Kenyan artisans influence the Primary ?

In a bid to raise awareness of Fair Trade issues in the primary, a Florida-based
company has launched a unique promotion. The online retailer GiftsWithHumanity.org
is offering products made from recycled flip flops by impoverished artisans in
Kenya. In recent election seasons flip flopping has become the verb of choice.


Perhaps the most unique of the products being promoted is a carved elephant made
from washed up flip flops found on the beaches of Kenya. The symbol of the
Republican party meets the poverty and ingenuity of Kenya in this humorous take on
US politics.


Fair trade is a system of exchange that seeks to create greater equity and
partnership in the international trading system by:
. Providing fair wages in the local context,
. Supporting safe, healthy, and participatory workplaces,
. Supplying financial and technical support to build capacity,
. Ensuring environmental sustainability,
. Respecting cultural identity,
. Offering public accountability and transparency,
. Building direct and long-term relationships, and
. Educating consumers.
The one noticeable similarity between all the candidates is that they have very
little to say on Africa and Fair Trade.

Giuliani has said the United States should focus its policy toward Africa on
increases in trade. "U.S. government aid is important, but aid not linked to reform
perpetuates bad policies and poverty," he wrote in a September 2007 Foreign Affairs
article. However he holds between $500,000 and $1 million in investments in
companies that work in Sudan, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

Our candidate for the Washed Up Flip Flop Elephant - Rudolph Giuliani

For further information contact:

Kevin Ward
1.386.424.1662

28008 Hibiscus Drive,
Unit 1
Edgewater,
FL 32141

www.giftswithhumanity.org
info@globalcrafts.org

Gifts With Humanity is brand name of Global Fair Trade Crafts Inc


Web Site: http://www.giftswithhumanity.org

Contact Details: Kevin Ward
1.386.424.1662

28008 Hibiscus Drive,
Unit 1
Edgewater,
FL 32141

www.giftswithhumanity.org
info@globalcrafts.org