American Patriot

Your Purchase Makes a Difference

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  Caring for Children

  This artist supports children under the age of 18.

  The Caring for Children Badge is awarded to those artisans who support children under the age of 18

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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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  Enabling Education

  This artist is currently supporting and providing for the education of their children, grandchildren, or children in their community, whether it be at the primary, secondary, or university level.

  The Enabling Education badge is awarded to artisans currently supporting and providing for the education of their own children or grandchildren, or the children of others in the community, whether it be at the primary, secondary, or university level

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  Job Creator

  This artist positively impacts their community through job creation and provides jobs for 2 or more people.

  The Job Creator badge is awarded to artisans that positively impact their community through job creation and employ 2 or more artisans

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  Microcredit Financing

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  Moving On Up

  This artist has dramatically improved their livelihood by working with NOVICA.

  The Moving On Up Badge is awarded to artisans that have more than doubled their income and improved their livelihood by working with NOVICA

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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

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  Young Talent

  This artist shows a lot of talent or potential and is in their late teens or twenties.

  The Young Talent Badge is awarded to artisans who show a lot of talent or potential and are in their late teens or twenties