The Meaningful Shop -A Fair Trade and Child Sponsorship Site

Welcome the Meaningful Shop - a 100% non-profit site dedicate to fair trade, effective child sponsorship, empowering community workers, and implementing large scale projects around the developing world!

We currently have craft groups and children to be sponsored in the Philippines and Uganda.

The Meaningful Shop is an initiative of Meaningful Volunteer.

Child Sponsorship

Cathy
The Philippines - 11 years old

Cathy is a RYE School English student currently at level 1.

Click here to sponsor Cathy

Fair Trade Craft

Ugandan Sling bag
Crafted by: Catherine

These cloth bags are affectionately known as "Wendy Bags" in honor of an elderly American lady who came to Uganda to teach the GrassRoots Ugandan ladies how to make the bags.

The bags are made from locally sourced fabric on a pedal powered sewing machine.

Community Workers

Melita
Barangay Healthcare Volunteer

BHWs (Barangay (village) Healhcare Workers) are volunteer healthcare workers. They receive no money from the government and work many hours for no finaincial reward.

Click here to sponsor Melita

Project Sponsorship

RYE School Uganda

Meaningful Volunteer plans to build a RYE School in the small rural town in Uganda. The school will be used to teach English, computer studies and family planning.

Click here to learn more about this project

Support Volunteer Projects

Project Lifecycle Necklaces

Our Project Lifecycle is expanding into a further six villages on the small island of Tablas in the Philippines and we are need of more fertility necklaces.

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Volunteer Programs

Click here to learn more about RYE School

RYE School Volunteer Program