
Global Girlfriends
How One Mom Made It Her Business to Help Women in Poverty Worldwide
- 302 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Start small, dream big, change lives— how one woman harnessed the power of fair trade to help women in poverty help themselves
Seven years ago, Stacey Edgar had a $2,000 tax return and a deep desire to help provide economic security for women in need. She knew that of the 1.3 billion people living on less than $1 per day, seventy percent are women. What she didn't have was a business plan. Or a passport. But that didn't stop her from creating a socially conscious business that has helped poor women in five continents feed their families and send their children to school.
Global Girlfriend has since grown into a multi-million dollar enterprise that specializes in handmade, fairly traded, ecoconscious apparel, accessories, and items made by women all over the world.
Global Girlfriends is Stacey's inspiring story of following her convictions, as well as her passionate argument for simple actions we can all take to eliminate extreme poverty. Stacey Edgar refused to be paralyzed by the size of world poverty; she started by taking several small steps, personal responsibility firmly in hand, and never looked back.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: No Passport Required
- 1. Peace Corps Reject
- 2. 911
- 3. Friends in Low Places
- 4. God Turns His Head on the Indian Highway
- 5. Namaste Notions
- 6. Believe
- 7. Oh La La, Fair Trade
- 8. The Painted Priest of La Palma
- 9. Life’s Fabric
- 10. Haiti
- 11. Africa at Last
- 12. Farther Afield
- Aftershocks
- Afterword: And Beyond
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright