Inter-American Trading

This spring we have brought in cotton tops from Inter-American Trading. These lovely shirts are made in Peru using the highest quality pima cotton, and are made one at a time, by a single person on a simple sewing machine.

Inter-American Trading is dedicated to supporting indigenous people through fair-trade enterprise. They often visit the manufacturers in Peru and Bolivia to confirm that employees are paid a living wage and working conditions are safe.   

In addition to the good inherent in being a fair-trade enterprise, Inter-American Trading also gives a portion of their profits to a parish that serves a barrio community on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. The Parish of Santa Ana offers a soup kitchen, two medical clinics, a dental clinic, legal aid consulting and a full-time social worker. Inter-American Trading focuses its contributions on helping the parish build a vocational training center for single mothers and expand a school for the area’s children.

 It feels so good to know that the purchase of a handmade top in Clarksville supports a better life for artisans, schoolchildren, and women in Peru.