1 October 2015 (Culemborg) – Fair Trade breaks the chain of poverty. Fair traders around the world, together with small producers and backed by consumers, are breaking the chains of poverty. Fair Trade is growing and that is our proof that we are gaining our fight against extreme poverty. The WFTO membership count doubled from […]
Press Release: Fair Trade Breaks Poverty (Anti-Poverty Week)
October 6th, 2015 | Comments Off on Press Release: Fair Trade Breaks Poverty (Anti-Poverty Week) »Children of the garbage pit.
September 14th, 2015 | Comments Off on Children of the garbage pit. »The Childrens of garbage pit. Fr. Shay Cullen 22 May 2015 This is week to think about hardship of the poor the most vulnerable are the children of the streets and abandoned. Refugees have lost everything travel to escape hopeless poverty . We are called upon to share the riches of this word with all […]
The bitter story behind the UK’s national drink (Part 1)
September 9th, 2015 | Comments Off on The bitter story behind the UK’s national drink (Part 1) »Several of Britain’s biggest tea brands, including PG Tips, Tetleys and Twinings, have said they will work to improve the tea estates they buy from in India after a BBC investigation found dangerous and degrading living and working conditions. Harrods has stopped selling some tea products in response, and Rainforest Alliance, the ethical […]
Organic training and planting with Aeta Indigenous people with Misereor
September 3rd, 2015 | Comments Off on Organic training and planting with Aeta Indigenous people with Misereor »Organic training and plantingwith Aeta Indigenous people with Misereor . Introduction and extracts by Father Shay Cullen Filipino and international volunteers have traveled to the villages of the Aeta Indigenous people in the past 18 months with Preda Fairtrade staff and agriculturists and community workers. They joined in the planting of crops, trees like coconut, […]
Taiwan celebrates the launch of Fairtrade Taipei City
June 26th, 2015 | Comments Off on Taiwan celebrates the launch of Fairtrade Taipei City »www.fairtrade.net 10 June 2015 It’s been a long, eight-year journey but fair trade campaigners in Taiwan are at last celebrating the launch of their capital, Taipei, as an official Fair Trade City. From small beginnings in Taiwan’s only Fairtrade cafe and shop, the movement has grown to include a fair trade film festival, walking tour, […]
