This may be one of the most important boothes attending the American Foodie Festival. What if your next necklace came with a story of survival?
What if your handbag helped a woman escape poverty?
What if your purchase was the turning point in someone’s life?
At HopeCo., we believe fashion should not only look good—but do good. Since 2017, we’ve partnered with artisan groups around the world, empowering survivors of trafficking, trauma, homelessness, and poverty to rebuild their lives through craftsmanship, creativity, and community.
This is more than jewelry. This is hope—handmade.
🌍 Meet the Makers: Around the World with HopeCo.
From the red-light districts of Kolkata to refugee camps in Kenya and recovery homes in Las Vegas, each product carries a voice, a name, and a story worth celebrating.
🔹 Asia
- Starfish Project (Jewelry – China): Rescuing women from trafficking with holistic care and job training.
- Springsations (Handbags – China): Supporting single mothers and women overcoming deep trauma.
- AIM + Moxie Designs (Cambodia): Empowering survivors through kimono design and meaningful jewelry.
- The Loyal Workshop (India – Leather Goods): Formerly exploited women crafting high-quality, ethical leather.
- Purpose Jewelry (India & Uganda): Survivor-made pieces that fund restoration.
- The Didi Jewelry Project (India): Helping HIV-positive women support themselves with handcrafted work.
- Sewing New Futures (India & Africa): Fabric-forward goods, rooted in sustainability and justice.
- Nepal Mission + Pomegranate Moon (Nepal): Beautiful glass bead bracelets and wool scarves that preserve heritage and protect against trafficking.
🔹 Africa
- Tumaini Arts (Kenya): Refugee-made jewelry that sustains cultural identity and livelihood.
- Noble Venture (East Africa): Stunning Maasai beadwork supporting economic empowerment.
- Gitzelle (Ghana): Woven baskets and bags from skilled artisans creating generational change.
🔹 The Americas
- Forest Life (USA): Reclaimed wood turned into one-of-a-kind jewelry by a once-homeless artisan.
- HopeCo. Local Partners (Las Vegas): Partnering with organizations like Lighthouse Charities, Hoving Home, and S.E.E.D.s of Hope to support women survivors with training, healing, and meaningful employment.
- YM Designs (Mexico): The entrepreneurial journey of Yaz Molina—once homeless, now thriving.
- Noble Venture + Dunitz & Co. (Guatemala): Fair trade handbags and jewelry creating income in regions plagued by malnutrition and poverty.
- Noble Venture (Haiti): Transforming discarded materials into powerful symbols of resilience.
- 3 Strands (Romania): Ethical leather goods born from poverty-fighting purpose and environmental stewardship.
💛 Why This Matters
Each time you purchase from HopeCo. or our partners, you do more than shop:
- You help a woman heal from trauma.
- You fight exploitation with sustainable alternatives.
- You fund education, shelter, and future dreams.
- You vote for dignity in the global marketplace.
This is not charity. This is commerce with compassion.
This is style with soul.
✨ More Than a Brand: It’s a Movement
HopeCo. is proof that when we link arms across borders, languages, and circumstances, real change happens. Every thread sewn, every bracelet beaded, every item packaged and shipped is part of something bigger:
📦 Trafficking Recovery
🍞 Provision Over Poverty
💗 Healing Heart, Mind, Body
🏠 No Longer Homeless
🌍 Fair Trade That Transforms Lives
We don’t just partner with artisans. We walk alongside them—mentoring, resourcing, and celebrating every milestone on the journey to self-sufficiency.
🛍️ Ready to Shop With Purpose?
✨ Browse the collection
💌 Connect with a cause
📣 Share their story
🔁 Make impact your everyday aesthetic
Because fashion should never exploit—it should empower.
Want to collaborate, donate, or carry our artisan goods in your store?
📩 Reach out to veronica@HopeCo.global — let’s bring hope to more hands and hearts.
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