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Welcome to Ten Thousand Villages in Houston, TX

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Annual Oriental Rug Event

Thursday, March 25 - Monday, March 29

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 Join us as our store hosts a special Oriental Rug Event featuring a collection of over 300 heirloom-quality Oriental rugs handknotted by fairly paid adults in Pakistan. These exquisite rugs will accent any home decor with rich colors and intricate designs.

Free Public Seminar on Thursday, March 25 at 6 p.m. 

 

Welcome to Ten Thousand Villages Houston!

Ten Thousand Villages Houston is a nonprofit fair trade retailer of artisan-crafted items from more than 130 artisan groups in some 38 countries.  We are part of a network of more than 156 retail outlets throughout the United States selling Ten Thousand Villages products.

As one of the world’s oldest fair trade organizations, Ten Thousand Villages has spent more than 60 years cultivating trading relationships in which artisans receive a fair price for their work and consumers have access to distinctive handcrafted gift items, personal accessories and home decor from across the globe.

To many, fair trade is just an economic term.  Our definition, however, runs far deeper. At Ten Thousand Villages, fair trade is a partnership based on dialogue, mutual understanding, respect and direct contact between ourselves and our artisan partners in developing countries.  We seek to establish long-term buying relationships in places where skilled artisans are under- or unemployed, and in which they lack other opportunities for income.             

 
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