Peace by Piece International works with over 30 nonprofit partners and social enterprises selected specifically for their direct impact on people’s lives. Your purchase supports the following organizations:
My Cup of Tea is a specialty tea social enterprise located in the heart of Orange Mound, the oldest African American community in the U.S.. They provide personal and professional resources for African American women in poverty to enable them to support their families and serve their community. My Cup of Tea makes its specialty tea in the heart of Orange Mound, Tennessee, the oldest African-American community in the U.S. My Cup of Tea provides personal and professional resources that empower women living in poverty to support their families and serve their community.
BeeLove employs people returning home from incarceration. They provide opportunities to establish a positive work history, learn productive work habits, and become productive members of society. Every purchase of their products reduces the number of people who return to prison by providing the support, confidence and skills needed to re-enter the workforce.
Itza Wood (San Andrés, Guatemala) creates jobs and fosters positive social impact by creating local, sustainable employment. Their carpenters live in local communities where families are struggling to ensure basic human services. They have planted over 45,000 trees to combat deforestation in the area and only use sustainably harvested and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified wood.
Prodigal Pottery, the women learn pottery making, receive financial training, emotional care and support, professional skills and assistance finding stable housing and long-term employment. Prodigal Pottery works directly out of King’s Home, a women’s shelter outside of Birmingham, Alabama for women fleeing homelessness and domestic abuse.
