Smiling Ekeko

Your Purchase Makes a Difference

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  Confronting Adversity

  This artist is currently confronting a major life challenge.

  This badge is awarded to those artisans who are currently confronting major life challenges

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  Elder Master

  This artist is an elder master and continues to actively practice their craft.

  The Elder Master badge is awarded to artisans who are practicing their craft at age 65 or older

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  Microcredit Financing

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  Preserving Traditions

  This artist uses traditional techniques handed down through the generations and/or creates culturally significant items, helping keep these traditions alive.

  The Preserving Traditions badge is awarded to artisans who use traditional techniques handed down through the generations, as well as artisans that craft culturally significant items, keeping these traditions alive. "

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  Profound Impact

  Every purchase from this artist has a profound impact on their livelihood and income.

  The Profound Impact badge is awarded to artisans where each purchase has a significant positive impact on their livelihood and income

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  Working with Disabilities

  This artist is working with some sort of disability ranging from mental or physical and includes conditions such as being handicapped physically, or perhaps having a condition such as autism. This is also awarded to artists that employ other artists with disabilities.

  The Working with Disabilities Badge is awarded to those artisans working with a variety of disabilities from physical to mental, including such conditions as being handicapped physically, or perhaps having a condition such as autism. This also applies to artisans that employ other artisans with disabilities