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A Chime of Nativity

Palestinian Issa Abu Atta places chimes inside olivewood nativities at a crafters workshop in Beit Sahour, West Bank.

Supported by CRS’s Fair Trade Fund and The Holy Land Handicraft Cooperative Society, such programs were formed to counter the deterioration of the local handcrafts industry, which was threatened by regional conflict.

CRS buys the handcrafts through SERRV Fair Trade Organization. Photo by Debbie Hill for CRS

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Tags: Christmas, fair trade, Holy Land, Middle East

This entry was posted on Monday, December 29th, 2008 at 12:00 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “A Chime of Nativity”

1. Catholic Relief Services in the Holy Land | CRS Fair Trade News Says:
   January 13th, 2009 at 3:51 pm

   [...] more than $18,000 to the Holy Land Handicraft Cooperative Society in Beit Sahour for market development efforts. Palestinian artisan photo by Debbie Hill for [...]

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