Ten Thousand Villages

About

Your local, fair trade store offering clothing, jewelry, home décor, rugs, specialty food, and beverages by makers and farmers from over 45 countries.

Story

Ten Thousand Villages Overland Park is a fair trade retailer. We create opportunities for artisans in developing countries to earn income by bringing their products and stories to our markets through long-term fair trading relationships. Ten Thousand Villages Overland Park is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation committed to promoting intercultural understanding. We educate volunteers, customers, and the Kansas City metropolitan community about fair trade artisans and farmers, their cultures, and the opportunities and challenges they face. Following years of education and fundraising by a small group of passionate volunteers, Ten Thousand Villages Overland Park opened to the public in June 2000 in Historic Downtown Overland Park, Kansas. Many of those founding volunteers are still working to support our mission, helping make our exceptional store what it is today.

Mission

We create opportunities for artisans in developing countries to earn income by bringing their products and stories to our markets through long-term, fair trading relationships.

Products

Discover organic clothing + jewelry, home décor + hand knotted rugs and specialty foods + beverages from over 45 countries.