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Dear friends of the fair trade!
With the fair trade of mainly handicraft products that hold a long
tradition in Latin America, we want to inspire and encourage the
cultural exchange between countries. It is a particular desire of ours
to not only offer exotic products, but to also, at the same time,
increase cultural awareness and give an insight into the local
traditions of Latin America. Thus, it is important to us, to always give
detailed information on all the products offered and furthermore
provide information on Latin America in general, as well as its rich
culture, politics and music in particular for educational as well as
informational purposes.
By trading these products, Arte Indio helps local craftsmen and
cooperatives from Latin America to receive orders and thus promotes the
preservation of traditional crafts. Through long-term partnerships we
guarantee them long-term work perspectives, which will enable them to
increase their self-esteem and provides them with an opportunity to
greatly improve their quality of life. All this takes place in a
constant exchange of ideas and close contact. In addition, at least once
a year, we travel to Peru to place new product orders, supervise
existing orders, visit the craftsmen in order to generate new ideas for
our products and organize the shipments. All prices for the products are
talked about and fixed with the craftsmen. These generally are above
the regular market prices. All the different projects and productions
are financed by us in advance.
Educational Work:
The projects include various activities designed to give people a
better understanding of the culture of other nations (in this case South
America). This way we offer a multi-visional introduction to the unique
cultural realm of Latin American people portrayed through slide
presentations in which the music occupies the central important place.
These projects are designed primarily for students to increase their
intercultural awareness and sensitize them for the lives of other
people. We also offer training seminars for teachers, educators, world
shop owners and employees as well as everyone who is interested in
learning about Latin American culture and the importance of its musical
instruments. During these seminars, the different musical instruments
will be introduced and their design, the manner in which they are played
and the historical background will be explained.
Equally important to us is the educational benefit at regional level.
We organize various informational events at which local craftsmen
receive hints and suggestions on how to optimize their products and
production processes in order to meet the quality requirements of the
importing countries.
Especially in rural areas, we encourage the formation of co-operative
associations and organizations. This way, craftsmen are provided with a
chance to secure long-term contracts, which will guarantee them regular
revenues and income.
Furthermore, we help establish contacts between several different
organizations in Peru (e.g. schools, cooperatives and communities) and
corresponding organizations in Germany. This way several partnerships
already emerged and many different projects went off to a good start.
Arte Indio also includes:
· School Projects
◦ Living in Latin America
◦ The World of Wind Instruments
· Slide Presentations about Latin America
◦ Inside Peru
◦ South Mexico and Chiapas
· Training Seminars
· Travel Information on Peru
· Band Planning and Performing at Events
Arte Indio Team
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