Barefoot Toys wonderful multi coloured creations start life in one of five weaving centers in Sri Lanka, run by the weavers themselves. They use designs by Barbara Sansoni and others in the small design team. The collection of toys, bags, and sarongs for adults, children, and infants are designed exclusively by Barbara Sansoni with the underlying values being to promote an ethical work environment, to train workers to have marketable skills, and to provide proper wages for young women in Sri Lanka. Each product is handmade from start to finish and no two pieces are ever the same.

Barefoot is keeping alive the dying art of hand weaving and also enabling its workers to work with dignity. Barefoot applies the simple concept that work should be a joy for everyone involved. In countries where labor is often viewed as a disposable commodity and people are merely parts of a factory production cycle, Sansoni has made an important difference.

  

Pebble toys hand made by non profit organisation Hathay Bunano in Bangladesh - Hand made, Fair trade, Naturally.

                                                                                                          

Even a small gift item with positive human impact shows your recipient that you’ve given their gift a lot more thought and haven't just grabbed something in a mad dash through a superstore a week before Christmas. Fair-trade gifts show your loved ones they are very important to you, you value the future of humanity and the environment and you put your dollars to work in a positive way. Not every gift can be fair-trade, but when fair-trade gifts are appropriate to your recipient, they are a wonderful choice