Megan West(erby)

Whether or not you participated in Buy Nothing Day or bought all your Christmas gifts in one big rush yesterday I encourage you to check out the Riverkids Thanksgiving sale.

The Riverkids Shop gathers together the brightest and best of Cambodia’s flourishing handmade and fair-trade shops. All profits go to the Riverkids Project which fights child trafficking in Cambodia.

Dale started an amazing thing with Riverkids. I’m continually awed and impressed at what she’s doing, how it keeps growing, and how she works inside and with a community that needs dedicated, caring, and organized people more than it needs cash.

But cash helps. And right now everything at the store is 25% off. Try the Plastic Fantastic, above, the Seeds of Love necklace or the Amethyst Cabochen Studs, a Sassy Bowling Bag or a Khmer Alphabet Card. Everything is more than worth the cost and international shipping is only $5. Get a few treats, support a local economy, cut out the corporate middlemen peddling feel-good shopping while jacking prices sky-high.

27 November 2010 ·