Ghanaian artisans benefit from Worldstock’s record $50m payments

Ghanaian artisans have benefitted from the record $50 million payments made to artisans and group that represent Worldstock worldwide.

Worldstock was created in 2001 to provide artisan’s in the world’s poorest regions including the US with opportunities to sell their unique products to a wider variety of customers, according to the website auctionbytes.com.

It currently features merchandise from Ghana, Bali, China, Colombia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Tibet, Thailand, Tunisia, the United States, and Vietnam.

It said Worldstock returns between 60% and 70% of the sales price to its suppliers. These suppliers are usually typically impoverished or handicapped artisans, co-operatives of such artisans or groups working with such artisans.

On its website, overstock.com, Worldstock posts background stories about the artisans next to many of the items it offers for sale, which include furniture, jewelry and clothing.
By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi