Halle Butvin, One Mango Tree, A Fair Trade Clothing Company

[W]atching her become a leader, and develop the confidence not just at the workplace, but also at home, it's been really amazing to see how she has completely changed her circumstances just from having a steady income.
- Halle Butvin, One Mango Tree

Halle Butvin is the Founder and Director of One Mango Tree, a fair trade clothing company. One Mango Tree uses a fair trade model to provide income-generating opportunities for women in impoverished and conflict areas around the globe.  At the moment, their work is focused in Uganda. 

In addition to working on One Mango Tree, Halle often works as a development consultant focused on economic development in conflict areas.  She spent much of 2010 in Pakistan assisting women-owned garment businesses to develop their products and export potential.

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Show Notes
I have two workshops coming up:

• September 21-October 12 I'll be offering my Juicy Blogging E-Course: The Art and Play of Blogging.
• October 15 I'll be teaching a one-day Blogging for Writers workshop at the Writing Salon in San Francisco.

Learn more about Halle and One Mango Tree:

• One Mango Tree website
• One Mango Tree blog
• One Mango Tree on Twitter @onemangotree
• One Mango Tree on Facebook
• Halle's personal blog
• Halle on Twitter: @hallebutvin

A couple sites Halle mentioned:

• Fair Trade Federation
• Lisa Sonora Beam's visual journaling workshops

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Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala.  Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group.