Boise's Dunia is a lifeline for refugees
EVENTSTen Thousand Villages storyteller
7 p.m. Thursday, March 8 at Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship, 1520 N. 12th St. Doug Dirks, chief storyteller at Ten Thousand Villages, has just returned from leading a learning tour to India and Bangladesh. Hear stories and see photos of the power of fair trade to change lives and transform communities. Cookies and conversation afterward. Free.
Savor the World fundraiser
7–11 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at Sage Yoga and Wellness, 242 N. 8th St., Suite 200, in Boise.
Featuring sweet and savory global foods, world music, artisan stories, local wine and beer and silent auction. Tickets: $39 ($1 for each country Dunia represents) plus a Sustainable Futures event glass to take home.
Annual Oriental Rug Event
May 10-13. Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship, 1520 N. 12th St. in Boise’s North End. 208-333-0535. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m; Sunday, noon-5 p.m.
Because the store is not large enough to carry these rugs year-round, this event features 300 high-quality, hand-knotted Oriental rugs, from 2x3 to 10x14, made by fairly paid adults. Each rug sold provides a job for an artisan family rebuilding their life after the 2010 flooding disaster in Pakistan.
