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    Four Worlds International, a Canadian Aboriginal organization, facilitated a trade agreement between Canadian Aboriginal groups and the Otomi Nation in Mexico based on principles of spirituality, healing relationships, and sustainability. The agreement will promote opportunities for trade in organic coffee and herbal medicines between Canada and Mexico. Four Worlds has built relationships with Indigenous peoples around the world over 30 years through their unique focus on integrating culture and spirituality into development work. The Canadian government supports Four Worlds' efforts to develop long-lasting economic partnerships internationally.

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    Four Worlds International, a Canadian Aboriginal organization, facilitated a trade agreement between Canadian Aboriginal groups and the Otomi Nation in Mexico based on principles of spirituality, healing relationships, and sustainability. The agreement will promote opportunities for trade in organic coffee and herbal medicines between Canada and Mexico. Four Worlds has built relationships with Indigenous peoples around the world over 30 years through their unique focus on integrating culture and spirituality into development work. The Canadian government supports Four Worlds' efforts to develop long-lasting economic partnerships internationally.

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    SUMMER 2000 CANADEXPORT

    ARTICLE FROM "ABORIGINAL EXPORT SUCCESS"

    SPIRITUALITY DRIVES FOUR WORLDS


    INTERNATIONAL
    “Starting from within, working in a circle, in a sacred manner, we heal ourselves, our relationships
    and our world.”

    So begins the international trade with Indigenous peoples around The Department of Foreign
    agreement signed by Canadian the world, including Bolivia, Affairs and International Trade
    Aboriginal organizations and and Papua New Guinea. Four (DFAIT) has supported the work
    leaders o the Otomi Nation Directions International was of Four Worlds for the past year,
    during a trade mission to created in 1995 to fund the particularly in Mexico, where
    Mexico in May 1999. Not the organization's non-profit officials continue to help
    rhetoric, the words summarize humanitarian work. facilitate the implementation of
    the guiding principles, and the trade agreement.
    underpin the profound vision The trade agreement in DFAIT's Senior Advisor and
    and success, of the Canadian Mexico with the Otomi, Circumpolar Affairs Division,
    Aboriginal organization that representing more than 100,000 Laurent Charette, says, Four
    facilitated the signing - Four indigenous peoples, points to Worlds had already done most
    Worlds International Institute potential investment and profit- of the leg work. "This trade
    for Human and Community making opportunities for mission was the right timing for
    Development - and it's economic Canadian Aboriginal businesses Four Worlds; it gave them high
    arm FOUR DIRECTIONS and communities. The include visibility in Mexico. But they
    INTERNATIONAL. the production and export of had been meeting and consulting
    organic coffee and herbal with potential partners there for
    Four Worlds' success stems medicines for re-export, the the past seven years."
    from its unique focus on the distribution of environmental The mission, sponsored by the
    importance of culture and and information technologies, Assembly of First Nations,
    spirituality in all dimensions of and the provision of technical Contigo of Canada, was the
    human and community assistance in sustainable forestry first-ever Canadian Aboriginal
    development. practices. Four Directions trade mission to Mexico.
    already has a North American-
    An internationally recognized wide distribution system in Charette feels that while Four
    leader in human and community place through its partnership Worlds has all the elements of a
    transformation, Four Worlds with U.S.-based Lotus Light modern trade organization, it's
    International has roots going Inc., a joint venture with integration with the native
    back 30 years, when it's founder Canadian information spiritual tradition is "one of the
    Phil lane Jr. (who serves as Four technology company Syntec, keys to developing long-lasting
    Worlds' International and a distribution agreement relationships with Indigenous
    Coordinator and Four with the U.S, environmental peoples around the world."
    Directions' President) began technology firm PolleyTech
    working at the grass-roots level Corporation. WWW.FWII.NET

    Thaayrohyadi Serafin Bermudez de la Cruz, General


    Co-ordinator of the Otomi Council, and Phil Lane Jr.,
    sign the Reunion of the Condor and Eagle: Social
    Development and Trade Unity Pact.

    Department of Foreign Affairs


    and International Trade

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