In your travels, have you ever stumbled across a gifted artisan making beautiful goods, yet barely making ends meet?  You probably bought as much of their handmade merchandise as you could and thought of them often in the days and weeks after your trip, but your support might have ended there, and on about your life you went.  But now, an innovative organization wants to hear from folks the world over about artisans who could use support to help their endeavors grow -- and they're doing something about it.

A Global Friendship is a consortium of artisans across Indonesia, Peru and Thailand, all granted capital and support by a network of entrepreneurs who care and want to make a difference.  Through multiple points of sale and a series of programs encouraging monthly donations to provide job security to the artisans they've partnered with, this smart group of change-makers is leveling the playing field for craftspeople who might not otherwise be able to sustain a living by transactions with passersby alone.  

A Global Friendship counts on what it calls "shopping ambassadors" to be the eyes and ears that bring talented artisans to the attention of the very people who can help them sell their goods around the world and receive fair payment.  If you travel regularly and want to help the artists you meet network with an organization that can help them succeed, A Global Friendship wants to hear from you.  Who knew a little window shopping could do so much good in the world?