{"id":1363,"date":"2008-10-15T23:59:03","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T04:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2008-10-15T23:59:03","modified_gmt":"2008-10-16T04:59:03","slug":"blog-action-day-shop-to-stop-poverty-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/blog-action-day-shop-to-stop-poverty-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Action Day :: Shop to Stop Poverty, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1364\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/refeifbeads1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/refeifbeads1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/refeifbeads1-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/refeifbeads1-600x203.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Pictured here from right to left:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2008\/08\/14\/can-your-jewelry-save-the-earth-ours-can-part-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\">Can Your Jewelry Save the Earth?<\/a><\/strong> Pictured colorfully above, in a rainbow assortment are <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reliefbeads.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Relief Beads,<\/a><\/strong> which were <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">created to raise awareness and money to aid refugees in Darfur.<\/span> <\/strong>Relief Beads, is selling <strong>handcrafted bracelets made from sand in Ghana, Africa.<\/strong><em> &#8220;Each purchase helps to fund <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Relief International\u2019s <\/a>medical clinics for women and children, educational programs for students and counseling for victims of violent acts<\/em>.&#8221; To make this good cause even sweeter,<!--more--> Compartes Chocolatier  has partnered up with them!<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Can Your Jewelry Save the Earth? Ours Can!\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"..\/2008\/08\/04\/can-your-jewerly-save-the-earth\/\">Can Your Jewelry Save the Earth? <em>Ours Can!<\/em><\/a> <\/strong>Check out these adorable bracelets made by a women&#8217;s collective <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashahandicrafts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Asha Hanicrafts<\/a>! <span style=\"color: #333333\">\u201c<em><strong>Asha<\/strong><\/em>\u201d translates to hope in Sanskrit, <em>&#8220;the hope <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>your purchase can give to low-income women and their families around the world.<\/strong><\/span> Almost seventy percent of artisans employed by Original Good are women and oftentimes they are also the only wage earners.<\/em>&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"7 Wishes Bracelet benefits CARE and Makes A Great Gift\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"..\/2008\/10\/07\/7-wishes-bracelet-benefits-care-and-makes-a-great-gift\/\">7 Wishes Bracelet benefits CARE and Makes A Great Gift<\/a><\/strong>: <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1299\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/files\/2008\/10\/7-wishes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><em> <\/em>This adorable<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/2008\/10\/07\/7-wishes-bracelet-benefits-care-and-makes-a-great-gift\/\" target=\"_blank\">bracelet <\/a>spreads the message of CARE\u2019s work to empower women around the world and encourages everyone to do their part in the fight <strong>against global poverty<\/strong>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gs-title\">So with the holiday gift giving season near, please consider treating your loved ones, to these gifts that help lift people out of poverty.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogactionday.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogactionday.org\/img\/e5169066304623a98410516b18d6e09bc9585173.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured here from right to left: Can Your Jewelry Save the Earth? Pictured colorfully above, in a rainbow assortment are Relief Beads, which were created to raise awareness and money to aid refugees in Darfur. Relief Beads, is selling handcrafted bracelets made from sand in Ghana, Africa. &#8220;Each purchase helps to fund Relief International\u2019s medical [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/blog-action-day-shop-to-stop-poverty-part-ii\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":1364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[366],"tags":[2196,711,2337,2338,2332,2339,2340,1968,2341,114,2342,2334,1256,1257],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/refeifbeads1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}