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Created on 2003-03-10 12:53:06 (#941190), last updated 2009-03-21
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Basic Info| Name: | Make Trade Fair |
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AboutDid you know that every time you buy something made or grown in a developing country, you take part in a billion pound scam? As it works today, the global trading system rips off people who are already poor.
Fair Trade is a growing, international movement, which ensures that producers in poor countries get a fair deal. This means a fair price for their goods (one that covers the cost of production and guarantees a living income), long-term contracts that provide real security; and for many, support to gain the knowledge and skills that they need to develop their businesses and increase sales.
The Fair Trade movement has been one of the most powerful responses to the problems facing commodity producers. It gives consumers an opportunity to use their purchasing power to tilt the balance, however slightly, in favour of the poor. But Fair Trade alone can't address the crisis faced by the millions of small-scale farmers and producers whose livelihoods are threatened by low commodity prices and unfair competition from rich countries.
This can only be achieved by changing the unfair rules of world trade so that they work for small-scale producers as well as rich multinationals. In the meantime, for hundreds of thousands of people, Fair Trade means the difference between a hand-to-mouth existence, and being able to plan for the future.
But what can I do? Surely it's beyond my control? Wrong. You can buy Fair Trade products. And you can add your voice to the Big Noise. More retailers than ever are stocking Fair Trade goods, the number of products on offer continues to grow as demand increases, and more poor communities are feeling the benefits.
Please help to spread the word,
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Useful links:
Official Fair Trade Shop
American Apparel: Sweatshop-Free T-shirts
Global Exchange
Ten Thousand Villages: Fairly Traded Handicrafts
SERVV: Fairly Traded Foods and Crafts
SERRVwear: Fairly Traded Clothes
Equal Exchange: Fairly Traded Products
Marketplace India: Handwork of India
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People Tree
Note: This community is not an official Oxfam creation.
Fair Trade is a growing, international movement, which ensures that producers in poor countries get a fair deal. This means a fair price for their goods (one that covers the cost of production and guarantees a living income), long-term contracts that provide real security; and for many, support to gain the knowledge and skills that they need to develop their businesses and increase sales.
The Fair Trade movement has been one of the most powerful responses to the problems facing commodity producers. It gives consumers an opportunity to use their purchasing power to tilt the balance, however slightly, in favour of the poor. But Fair Trade alone can't address the crisis faced by the millions of small-scale farmers and producers whose livelihoods are threatened by low commodity prices and unfair competition from rich countries.
This can only be achieved by changing the unfair rules of world trade so that they work for small-scale producers as well as rich multinationals. In the meantime, for hundreds of thousands of people, Fair Trade means the difference between a hand-to-mouth existence, and being able to plan for the future.
But what can I do? Surely it's beyond my control? Wrong. You can buy Fair Trade products. And you can add your voice to the Big Noise. More retailers than ever are stocking Fair Trade goods, the number of products on offer continues to grow as demand increases, and more poor communities are feeling the benefits.
Please help to spread the word,
sogladyouremineUseful links:
Official Fair Trade Shop
American Apparel: Sweatshop-Free T-shirts
Global Exchange
Ten Thousand Villages: Fairly Traded Handicrafts
SERVV: Fairly Traded Foods and Crafts
SERRVwear: Fairly Traded Clothes
Equal Exchange: Fairly Traded Products
Marketplace India: Handwork of India
Responsible Shopper
People Tree
Note: This community is not an official Oxfam creation.
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