SHARING FAIR is a project of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, an international congregation of Catholic women serving in 68 countries. For almost 200 years the congregation has focuses on women and girls in circumstances of extreme distress, seeking to improve their lives and enabling them to live with dignity.

SHARING FAIR markets crafted items made by women in developing countries whose circumstances have brought them in contact with the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

Most often these women or girls are responsible for family support and they just earn money by any means – even the most unsavoury or undignified. Alternatives are scarce and eagerly sought, but real cash must be available.

In some countries, education is only available to the privileged few, often not to girls, and requires financial aid made possible by income-generating projects such as SHARING FAIR.

Sharing fair hopes to raise awarness of those less fortunate and suggests one small way we can participate in restoring and preserving the God-given dignity of a person.

Sharing fair encourages others to direct their spending power towards self-help groups, where talent and creativity are worthy of our respect and admiration, as well as a share of our more abundant resources.

Because Sharing Fair is made possible in Canada through our many volunteers, 100% of the proceeds is returned to the women and girls in the form of new orders – providing them with hope, dignity and sustainability.

You can participate in Sharing Fair and make a difference in the lives of the women in the developing world by:

Sharing Fair gratefully receives articles from Columbia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar,
Mexico, Myanmar, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

If our world was a village of

there would be:

564 Asians
210 Europeans
86 Africans
80 Latin Americans
60 North Americans

In this village of

500 would be hungry
60 people would control
half the income, leaving
940 of us to scramble
for the other half.

Is just one small program,
But it’s one way of getting some
Of the wealth of those 60 people
Into the hands of the 940

The creators and craters of Sharing Fair have been invited to pray a blessing for all those who receive their articles. We encourage the purchaser to be mindful of the person who has produced the craft with care and hope, and to pray a blessing in return. The power of prayer, one for the other, is our gift through Christ even to those who may hardly know His name.

One behalf of the creators, crafters and their privileged representatives, thank you for participating in Sharing Fair.

25 Good Shepherd Court
Toronto, ON. Canada
M6B 4E7

Tel: 416-787-6588
or 416-787-4285

Fax: 416-784-9282

email: sharingfair@wwonline.com