A largely invisible, grim, humanitarian crisis, of mounting hunger, looms over several thousand North Bengal tea garden workers. Duncans, a leading tea company with 15 plantations in Darjeeling and the Himalayan foothills, has plunged its workers into a precarious state of illegal limbo. It has neither formally closed its gardens nor is it running […]
INDIA : This is no storm in a teacup By Harsh Mander (The Hindu via CNUA).
November 11th, 2015 | Comments Off on INDIA : This is no storm in a teacup By Harsh Mander (The Hindu via CNUA). »Aeta Farmers and Preda Fair Trade Certified Organic
October 27th, 2015 | Comments Off on Aeta Farmers and Preda Fair Trade Certified Organic »*German human rights commissioner visits the Preda project *Ambassador’s Cup tournament nets big donation For the first time in Philippine history, mango fruits grown and harvested by the indigenous people of Zambales and Bataan have been internationally certified as organic and recognized as a top export product that can help hundreds of indigenous Aeta families. […]
3rd QUARTER MONITORING VISIT TO DAVAO/MINDANAO FARMERS
October 27th, 2015 | Comments Off on 3rd QUARTER MONITORING VISIT TO DAVAO/MINDANAO FARMERS »For the 3rd quarter of 2015, Mr. Donard Angeles- PREDA Pro Fair Trade Producer’s Development Officer conducted monitoring visit to Davao mango growers last September 22-25, 2015. On the 23rd of September Martin Moritz of El Puente joined the visit. Among the activities conducted are the following: a. ORIENTATION ON WFTO and FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES […]
Fair-Trade and organic can help end dire poverty.
October 16th, 2015 | Comments Off on Fair-Trade and organic can help end dire poverty. »Fair Trade and organic can help end dire poverty Fr. Shay Cullen When I first came to the Philippines in 1969 as a Columban missionary from Ireland I felt welcomed and accepted by the Filipino people. They are an intelligent, friendly and a proud people that suffer poverty today as a consequence of conquest by […]
Eradicating poverty through Fair-Trade
October 12th, 2015 | Comments Off on Eradicating poverty through Fair-Trade »Eradicating poverty through Fair-Trade Fr. Shay Cullen For much of my life as a Columban missionary in the Philippines I have tried to develop a model of Fair -Trade based on honesty and justice. It is a model that finds customers for the poor and that trades by buying and selling products at just and […]
