fafu is fair trade

That means that our production partners commit to taking care of their workers with fair wages, health care and education for their children. But fair trade is much more than just that. Fair trade is based on personal relationships and honesty and promotes cultural and environmental sustainability.

What is true profit and how do we define business? Profit gained in the west by destroying the environmental, cultural and human resources in the developing country’s is not a true profit. We need information and transparency in business so we can sustain the planet for future generations.Fair trade producers are often small or medium size family businesses.

We hope to build a network of producers situated in the same areas to make our projects more focused and providing the producers with support from each other.

Fair trade is for the planet, for the people.

Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries and promote sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a “fair price” as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries, most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit, chocolate and flowers.

Fair trade’s strategic intent is to work with marginalized producers and workers in order to help them move towards economic self-sufficiency and stability. It also aims to allow them to become greater stakeholders in their own organizations as well as play a wider role, and achieve greater equity, in international trade. Fair trade proponents include a number of international development aid, social, religious and environmental organizations such as Christian Aid, SERRV International, Oxfam, Amnesty International, Catholic Relief Services, and Caritas International.

- From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade