Kamibashi Cares

While doing research for the EAC's Green Week, I came across an odd little company that I immediately took a liking too, despite the fact that their products look like voodoo dolls (which seriously creep me out). Kamibashi is a small company that incorporates rising Asian artists and fair trade labor to create fascinating string dolls. While all of these dolls are interesting and slightly bizarre, what really drew me to this company was their Kamibashi Cares initiative. They have created seven special string dolls to help support five awesome organizations, donating 50 cents from every purchase of one of these dolls to one of the organizations.

There's Susie Survivor, raising money and awareness for the Pretty in Pink foundation and its fight against breast cancer; there's Mardi from America's Wetland Foundation, trying to protect our marine habitats and the animals that thrive within them; Oscar the Orangutan, supporting one of my favorite organizations Orangutan Outreach that rehabilitates and cares for organutans displaced and injured by palm oil farmers; Pacho the Parrot and the Amazon Conservation Team; and Desmond, Titus, and Gigi with the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The IFAW fights animal cruelty in many of its forms, such as the abuse and neglect household pets face or the detrimental harm animals in the wild battle every day.

This is a really cool initiative that will raise awareness about fair trade, cancer, and animal suffering across the globe.

For more information/links, click here: http://kamibashi.com/about/care/