Ten Thousand Villages Ottawa - Fair Trade crafts, coffee, tea, chocolate and more.

OUTREACH

We have a powerful story to tell and we are always looking for ways to promote our mission of providing a fair income to artisans around the world. We have staff and volunteers available to present to your group, or we can host you at one of our stores for an information and shopping evening. We also participate in events in other communities.

NEW - FUNDRAISING EVENTS

Looking for a fun and easy way to fundraise? Want to build community at home and abroad? Ten Thousand Villages offers you a unique opportunity to do so!

We would love to host your group at one of our stores, with your guests enjoying free coffee and snacks while casually exploring an environment of culturally rich and fairly traded products. Not only will your event help support artisans around the world, but 10% of sales will go directly to your organization of choice.

We are able to help groups to organize exclusive shopping events, as well as to distribute coupons for supporters to visit the store on a particular day. If you would like to discuss the possibility of partnering with Ten Thousand Villages in a fundraising initiative, please be in touch with one of our stores.

GROUP PRESENTATIONS

Would your Church group, school, workplace or other organisation be interested in learning how fair trade makes a difference to thousands of people in some of the poorest parts of the world? One of our store managers recently spent some time in Bangladesh and India visiting our artisans so has direct experience of conditions in those countries, and some great stories to share with you!

Please contact one of our stores to request a presentation - we can work with almost any schedule and will usually provide coffee, tea or chocolate samples for your group.

OFF-SITE SALES

We provide products and support to a number of organisations who hold sales of Ten Thousand Villages fairly traded products in their own communities. Charities, non-profit organisations and fundraising efforts are allowed to keep a portion of the proceeds for their own work. Please contact us if you would like more information. Please note that we do need considerable lead-time (at least 2 months) to organise such events, especially if your event would be large, or taking place during the busy Christmas season.