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7733, yep. in non-exploitative means
Posted by poetx, Mon Jul-08-02 05:13 AM
ie, i know folks in the past who've been in that second hand clothes bidness, which i think is foul, or is at least apt to be foul in execution.

conversely. i know of a church which, while it does traditional missionary work, and supports orphanages and things in ghana, is working with the people there to start an import/export business, where they sell the goods over here and send the profits back there (with the eventual aim of having the people reach self-sufficiency, by teaching them things about business, like logistics, supply chain management, accounting, etc.). that sounds promising to me (although, i fully understand that the entire continent can't be suppported off of an artisan-based economy). in the near-near term, though, this sounds very much like a win-win situation.

peace & blessings.

x.