Third World Crafts

About Third World Crafts

When you purchase the products from Third World Crafts you are helping to support grass roots community development and entrepreneurship. Projects will be supported through sales of the products to help the workers make improvements to their villages through medical care, clean water sources, education for their children and improved living conditions.

Third World Crafts will provide you with a variety of products from various areas around the globe. We will continually be changing and broadening our product lines. You will find products of many varieties, from greeting cards to house wares. Because of our unique relationships around the globe, it will be rare that you will find any of these products in any stores or shops.

Third World Crafts desires that our company not only be there to help to provide unique products, but also to educate and promote the various people groups around the globe. Many of the gifts and cards express the cultural flavor and talents of each people group

Thank you for your interest in Third World Crafts. We carry “products with a purpose”. All of our products are made by cottage industries and micro enterprise businesses. The products you will see here are of high quality and are rare finds.

Sample Products

Aceh Embroidered Backpack

This backpack is machined embroidered with decorative stitching you would rarely see on a backpack. The stitching makes this backpack very strong and able to sustain hard use. Many in this area struggle to make a living that will provide food, education and a quality of life. By purchasing this product, you are helping to create a means of employment for those less fortunate.

Lindsay Bag

This round bottom purse is very durable with a rounded carry handle that can go over the shoulder or carried on the arm. It comes in 3 sizes as shown. Each is lined with a zipper top. Colors may vary.

Aras All Occasion Card

This handicraft project provides much needed employment among and ethnic people group in Indonesia whose population is 35 million and whose average income is less that $3 USD a day. Through this micro business, they are taught a trade that provides a much needed income for their families.