Help women from El Salvador!

I found these great cards through "Hope for Women" which is an organization that sells products created by women artisans around the world.   They are a socially responsible organization committed to providing sustainable employment for economically disadvantaged women worldwide.

They offer products exclusively made by women so they can take control of their lives and their futures.

Hope For Women is a proud member of the Fair Trade Federation. Every woman is paid a fair, livable wage under safe and healthy working conditions. 

In 2001, massive mud slides and a devastating earthquake left many families in the highlands of El Salvador homeless and jobless. With their fields destroyed, many people began traveling long hours to low-paying factory jobs in the capital.   A group of enterprising women, however, formed Arte Comasagua, an artisans’ organization that handcrafts stylish designs from native flowers and plants. These women now work locally, caring for their families and saving for their future.

The very stylish cards are blank inside and feature the women's "peluca" or wig designs made out of local flowers and leaves.  They call them the "El Salvador Collection"  They are so cool and the purchase goes to such a great cause.  Find them here, they are $5.50 each:
http://www.hopeforwomen.com/lifestyle/products/elsalvadorcollection/

Here's a sampling.  You can click on each card and see its creator and read a message from her.   And remember those are petals and plant materials that you see on the wigs!

 "Señorita"

 "Magdalena"

 "Rosa"

"Barbara"