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POSTCARD FROM BALI

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  It's the final part of Dan and Lisa's buying trip with a 6-hour drive from the jungle suppliers in Java to the airport at Yogyakarta to catch a flight to Bali. On the first day they visited the Bali school we told you about in our previous email. ...

POSTCARD FROM JAVA

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  On the next leg of his trip, Dan flew down to Semarang and drove 3 hours to Makasi's main warehouse - our hub for products from over 200 village and jungle fair trade carpenters across Indonesia. We buy local to ensure that the money goes directly to local people. Here, Dan and Lisa also visited one of the schools we told you about in our last email. ...

SCHOOL VISITS

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  DAN GOES BACK TO SCHOOL! Dan is still on his travels, and he reserved some time on the trip for him and Lisa to visit some of the local elementary schools attended by Makasi workers' children to donate some supplies. As Makasi is now well established as ...

POSTCARD FROM JAKARTA

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  Dan has finished the first part of his trip, a visit to IFEX 23 in Jakarta - the largest international furniture and craft industry trade show in Indonesia. ...