In the selling of our fair trade project, the aim of these partnerships is, among other goals, to contribute to the support and development of small autonomous businesses.

Our technical advice enables these small enterprises to improve working conditions, the quality of their products, incorporating models of production respecting human rights and worker safety, while facilitating the commercial sales of their products at the best price.

This facility is a cooperative formed by 10 female “heads of households” created in 1993. It is located in southwest Columbia in the department of Narino. The proceeds from sales of their products are shared by the 10 members and the workforce, while they also provide working capitol for continued growth and development. Their project had the support of local agencies and continues with the education and improvement in design, administration and accounting. Their products are made entirely by hand with natural vegetable fibers (tetera) and colored with natural dyes.
Leur projet a eu le soutien d’organismes locaux et se traduit par une formation continue en design, gestion et comptabilité.
Leurs produits sont faits entièrement à la main et avec des fibres végétales (tetera) et colorés avec des teintures naturelles.

This group is an association of producers (raisers of cotton, spinners and weavers), who have worked for 20 years to recover the farming methods and making of cotton and its products using traditional craftsmanship. The group is made up of men and women of all ages. They are located in the north east of Columbia, in the department of Santander. The proceeds from sales are shared equitably by the 10 members, the employee workforce, and provide working capitol for continued product development Their project had the support of local agencies and continues with the education and improvement in design, administration and accounting. Their products are made entirely by hand and with natural dyes.

This group is a family that has been making a guava pastry (candy) for more than 20 years. With the help of tierraUNA, they have become a cooperative. Located in the north east of Columbia, in the department of Santander, their product is made according to our fair trade guidelines. The product is made from 20% natural cane sugar and 80% guava. The sugar comes from a microenterprise of sugar producers, who also partner with tierraUna. The pate is 100% natural

This group is a micro-enterprise of producers of natural cane sugar, who for 10 years have been working to give to consumers a product of high nutritional quality, respectful of the environment, and produced in the framework of equitable social standards. Located in the heart of Columbia, in the department of Cundinamarca, there are now about 40 family producers benefiting from this project, which is supported by local agencies. The product is 100% natural and organic.

This group is a micro-enterprise of producers of jewelry created at the initiative of a young couple. Artisans, who after following their studies in jewelry making, started their own workshop. It is located in Bogota and currently employs people from the neighborhood. Their project is under the guidance of local agencies, and receives continued support in design and development, administration and accounting. Their products are made entirely by hand and with natural materials. The quality and originality have been a huge success in local and international markets

The women of KUNA, from Resguardo de Arquia, located in the department of Chaco, Columbia, are organized as a board, of which the first goal is to work in unity in the process of achieving economic autonomy. They have succeeded in implementing successful projects such as “The House of Women”, where they meet regularly and serves as a versatile space for projects. For example they have opened a boutique which sells food products as well as the basic materials( needles, thread, colored fabric) needed to create MOLAS, an artistry of the women of KUNA, whose 2 communities are located in the region of Darien Columbia and Iles San Blas Panama. MOLAS are above all a method of artistic expression using the full power of their culture. In the length of a day, between their daily activities the women of KUNA create beautiful scenes with the help of colored fabrics, while transmitting to their daughters from generation to generation an art which is known throughout the world.

In the goal of preserving their way of life, their society and culture, and to contribute to the organization and autonomy of these women, and the Board of Arquia, TierraUNA France, is a sponsor of their work. The board is engaged in buying these MOLAS (40cm x 35cm) at the price of 40,000 Columbian pesos (14.25 euros), an equitable price as determined in a meeting with the group in Arquia. After having added the cost of import and distribution in France, TierraUNA is able to offer them to the consumer for 30 Euros TTC

In addition, in Bogota, TierraUNA France supports small artisan producers of shoes and accessories using the MOLAS fabrics, while being sensitive to the valuation of the work of the KUNA women. The aim is to ensure track-ability and a commercial exchange in the most transparent and equitable conditions for all.

This group is a micro-enterprise making shoes and accessories, located in Bogota. These producers use in the fabrication of their goods, the MOLAS, elaborate fabrics made by the Indians of the KUNA communities in Darien, Columbia, as well as other quality materials found locally. Their projects aim to manufacture products the most ecologically possible, in part by replacing synthetic materials with natural materials (organic cotton, natural rubber)