Vision:
- End Dependence of Village Based Artisans (VBA) from Large Aid Organizations
- Provide financial security and purchasing power to VBA through the acquisition of hand made traditional crafts
- Promote long term financial stability and opportunity for VBA to create their own business which will ultimately help reduce poverty
- Increase overall happiness of VBA through their participation with A Village Life
- Provide communities in the USA with exposure to informal sectors and challenges facing VBA in developing nations
- Provide volunteer opportunities for students to travel to developing nations in Africa and learn about cultural diversity and social entrepreneurship
- Provide our local community with access to different cultures and educational opportunities about villages and tribes that we purchase from
- Inspire people to take initiative to be part of the world not just our community
- Promote awareness of issues facing those in the informal sectors
- Promote Social change and sustainable development
- People will feel "good about their purchase from VBA in developing nations
A Village Life is guided by the following principals of Ubuntu
- Understand the potential for being human
- Value the good of community above self interest
- Strive to help people in the spirit of service
- Show respect to others and to be honest and trustworthy
- Regards humanity as an integral part of the eco-systems that lead to a communal responsibility to sustain life
- Embrace all people regardless of race, color, or gender.
- Live life as a compassionate, loving human being
- Respect all people through maintaining their dignity and traditional values.
"Umntu ngumntu ngabanye abantu"- Xhosa Proveb: " “people are people thru other people.”