Global Village Nanaimo - Global Village Nanaimo (GVN) sells a wide range of products that are artistic and beautiful, as well as functional. GVN specialises in housewares, gift items, jewellery and accessories, children’s toys and Christmas decorations. The purpose of the store is very simple: to enable some of the poorest people in the world to earn the income they deserve and need, to participate in today’s monetary economy.
Heart of Gold - Costa Rica - Initiated in 2004, the Heart of Gold project is a 'mutual learning and research alliance' between Vancouver Island University and the rural Los Santos Region of Costa Rica.