Our organization "Handicrafts Pueblos del Sur - Chile", recently last year, I participate in the version of August 2002 of the Fair Tendente of Frankfurt Germany. Our stand was in the hall 2.0, A29. During the 5 days of our participation in Germany could expose all the variety of our new collection of Chilean handmade products 2002-2003. We present the recycled glass line in: jeweler's products, house utensils and cooks and decoration. Those producing of Rain Stick developed a new product based on cactus big filler with aromatic candle, what they denominated as "Candle of rain stick". The shops producing of mobiles made a presentation of hanging products in ceramic with an important variety of colors, recycled glass mobiles in fashion colors was also exposed. Without place to doubts that the participation of our organization in this fair was important for the producers with the purpose of increasing the sales of these shops. We wait that your organization or company visits us in the version of August of the 2003 of the new Fair "Tendente Style", in which we will present the works of our handmade shops corresponding to the collection 2003-2004.

In the month of September of the 2002, Pueblos del Sur (Patricio Farias), I visit next to members of Les Magasins du Monde, of the office dispatch and Cellar (Jean Debrai and David Farias) diverse stores of sales of the organization. We traveled diverse cities like Ath, Tournai and Mouscron where we could see the organization of the diverse stores and the commercialization of the nutritious and handicrafts products. The handicrafts products of Pueblos del Sur were exposed in most of the stores in form something disordered and in little quantity, what harmed the appropriate exhibition and commercialization of the products to our view. We believe that some stores should improve that part of marketing of their business, however the work that is carried out for the volunteers is very important for the development of all the handicrafts producers of the World.

Our organization inserts in a world in that the technology and the communications have been developed swiftly, decided not to be outside of this development and I believe the new Catalogue virtual of Pueblos del Sur, included in the net of Internet: www.pueblosdelsur.cl or www.pueblosdelsur.com From this date Pueblos del Sur it showed all their old and new products in the places Web previously mentioned , since it didn't develop but printed catalogs in paper leaves, being the I finish the one developed this year 2003, from next alone year through Internet the handmade works of the shops were shown that form part of our organization. We also inform them that it will continue existing our old place Web: www.santiagovirtual.cl/artes/prochileflash/empresas/pueblosdelsur/paginas. It is important that all our partners or old and new clients know that our places will be upgraded periodically with new products, it is since for this reason that we invite them to constantly visit in varied our opportunities places Web, your found new products, news of Chile and their producers, offers and excellent opportunities of making good and attractive business for you.

Our organization during the last years has developed a politics or plan of development of new products and of improving the old products. It is as well as the artisans with the support of professionals of the design have worked in diverse technical with the purpose of improving the design, quality and prices of the products. The case of the rain stick, is a very special case, since the producers have developed new techniques in each product what has been very received in diverse countries where you had exported this product. It is important to inform that this product is exported with the authorization of the agricultural service of the Ministry of Chile, by means of an International certificate of protection of the flora and fauna denominated CITES. All these derived products of the cactus, they don't have any problem to be marketed in the entire world, since not this in extinction risk. Rain sticks manufacturing workshops, which are part of “Pueblos del Sur”, are family groups concentrated on the Serena city, north of Chile. Producers carefully select cactus that had died naturally to preserve species that can face extinction. This stick is used in relaxation therapies; it is also a percussion instruments. Used by different Andean music bands.