Category Archives: Our Impact
Merry Christmas from the WorldCrafts Family!
Christmas. What does that word mean to you? Lights and decorations? Extra time spent with family and friends? Special music and church events? Quiet moments contemplating the birth of eternal hope into our world? Whatever the word Christmas brings to your mind, one thing is sure – Christmas is a time of transformation. Every purchase […]
Support Baptist Children and Family Ministries Through WorldCrafts!
We know you have a heart for vulnerable children. Your support for WorldCrafts shows it. Do you know that you can help at-risk children and their families in your own community simply by hosting a one-month online WorldCrafts benefit? All you have to do is register to become a host, and we’ll send you all the promotional materials […]
WorldCrafts Fair-Trade Gifts for Grads
It’s that time of year when graduations are happening left and right, and it’s difficult to find time in our busy schedules to shop for all our beloved graduates! Luckily, WorldCrafts has the perfect fair-trade gifts to let your graduates know you love and support them, while simultaneously loving and supporting craftsmen around the world. […]
WorldCrafts Mother’s Day Gift Guide
Mother’s Day is right around the corner and WorldCrafts has the perfect gifts to ensure that moms everywhere know that they are loved and valued! These gifts are created by moms for moms. Buying from WorldCrafts means you have the special privilege of supporting moms around the world who work hard to care for their […]
Starfish Project: Beautiful Jewelry that Saves Lives
One morning, an old man was walking along the beach when he came upon a boy. The boy was surrounded by thousands and thousands of starfish and he was picking them up one by one and throwing them back into the ocean. Puzzled, the older man looked at the young boy and asked, “Little boy, […]
How You Can Support Human Trafficking Victims
In the US, the National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness is observed on January 11. Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world. Poverty, war, gender inequality, and lack of opportunity breed desperation. Human traffickers manipulate desperate people with the promise of beautiful lives, quality educations and equitable salaries. Each year, millions […]
3 Ways to Support Fair-Trade Artisans this Christmas
Have you started preparing for Christmas? To help you make your gift shopping count, we’ve marked down some of our favorites for the WorldCrafts Annual Sale going on now through 11/27/18. You know, most of us are already running around decorating our houses, stressing over selecting gifts, and filling our calendars with get-togethers and events celebrating the season. And, while […]
National Adoption Awareness Month
November is National Adoption Awareness Month and WorldCrafts invites you to lift up this cause with us. Throughout His Word, our Father reveals His heart about orphan care. In Deuteronomy 10:18, we learn that “He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and […]
Renewed Hope in Channapatna
Seated at his workbench, A focuses his attention on a lathe turning a block of hale wood. As the wood turns, he picks up a chisel and begins applying meticulous cuts. When the figure is carved, this Channapatna Handicrafts artisan applies layers of dyed resin to create a beautiful Nativity piece. In a day when cheap mass-produced […]
Clean Water for Light of Hope
When two ministries of WMU come together, entire communities can experience holistic healing. WorldCrafts, the fair trade division of WMU, and Pure Water, Pure Love, the clean water ministry of WMU recently joined forces to forever change the lives of 10 families in Bangladesh. Can you image what it would it be like to live without the […]