Fairtrade Africa is owned by its members, who are African producer organisations certified against international Fairtrade standards producing traditional export commodities such as coffee, cocoa, tea, cotton, bananas, mango and non-traditional commodities including shea butter and rooibos tea. Currently, the organisation represents over 1,, producers across 33 countries in Africa.
Fairtrade Africa is a membership-based organisation. The General Assembly GA held every two years is the highest decision making body. All members have the right to participate and vote for the election of the Fairtrade Africa Board through their regional representatives at the GA.
We work through primary structures such as product groups, country partnerships and regional networks which enable members to have a strong voice in the governance and management of the organisation. We also have a new network in Middle East and North Africa region whose regional office is soon to be established. The Fairtrade Africa secretariat is located in Nairobi, Kenya..
Producers are members of Fairtrade Africa currently comprising over Fairtrade certified producer organisations. All producers are certified against international Fairtrade standards producing traditional export commodities such as coffee, cocoa, tea, cotton, cut flowers, bananas, pineapples, mango and non-traditional commodities including shea butter, rooibos tea, vegetables and fresh and dry fruits. In HL set-ups, the focus is on supporting companies to provide better working conditions for their workers.
Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers. The Mark means that the Fairtrade ingredients in the product have been produced by small-scale farmer organisations or plantations that meet Fairtrade social, economic and environmental standards. Fairtrade works to benefit small-scale farmers and workers, who are amongst the most marginalised groups globally, through trade rather than aid to enable them to maintain their livelihoods and reach their potential.
Both trading organisations in the south and the north felt the need to establish a global network for Fair Trade Organisations, to act as voice for Fair Trade and a forum for the global Fair Trade movement.
The members of WFTO vary greatly. They represent the Fair Trade supply chain, from production to sale, and also include support organisations such as Shared Interest, which provides financial services and support to produces. Networking between Fair Trade Organisations is crucial to their success.
All over the world, networks have been established. The aim of FINE is to enable these networks and their members to cooperate on important areas of work, such as advocacy and campaigning, standards and monitoring of Fair Trade. The Fair Trade movement came to being to raise awareness on trade injustices and imbalances of power in the conventional trade structures, and to advocate changes in policies to favour equitable trade.
Sale points of Fair Trade products became one of the effective methods of campaigning. It was the Fair Trade shops that started including producer stories in product packaging to raise awareness on Fair Trade. The first European World Shops conference took place in This conference set the beginning of close cooperation between volunteers working in World Shops from all over Europe.
In , NEWS! This initiative has been taken up by IFAT, which brought it to a worldwide level. In the course of the years, the Fair Trade movement has become more professional in its awareness-raising and advocacy work. It produces well-researched documents, attractive campaign materials and public events.
It has also benefited from the establishment of European structures that help to harmonize and centralise its campaigning and advocacy work. Fair Trade and Fair Trade Organisations have been recognised repeatedly by European Institutions as well as national and regional governments for its contribution to poverty reduction, sustainable development and consumer awareness-raising.
The European Parliament passed several resolutions on Fair Trade in , and and many European ministers and prime ministers have publicly endorsed Fair Trade. Ever more public institutions are serving Fair Trade products and local authorities include fair and sustainable criteria in their public tenders.
Thousands of towns, universities and churches have applied for Fair Trade status, committing to promote Fair Trade and to contribute to overcoming poverty and exclusion. Increasingly, representatives from developing countries promote Fair Trade because it enables small and marginalized producers in their countries to live and work in dignity. Fair Trade is increasingly on the agenda of policy makers throughout the world.
Find your nearest branch. Are you a Member? If you're not yet a member of Central England Co-operative Please join us today. Fairtrade Fortnight takes place during two weeks over February and March each year. The Ghanaian cocoa farmer organisation establishes its own chocolate brand in the UK — Divine Chocolate — the only farmer-owned chocolate company in the world.
Today, Fairtrade bananas are available in all major UK supermarkets. One third of all bananas sold in the UK is Fairtrade. Divine chocolate and Comic Relief release a new Fairtrade chocolate bar especially for young people called Dubble. The proceeds of Dubble support a pioneering education programme in Ghana. The chocolate bar is sold until , and the education programme continues today. Today you can find Fairtrade fruit juice in Greggs and Co-op among other places. Over communities have achieved Fairtrade status since then and there is a network of over 2, Fair Trade Towns worldwide.
The union, which has nearly one million members, passes a policy to use Fairtrade tea and coffee for all business and office purposes. George Alagiah became the Patron of the Fairtrade Foundation in , hosting many major events and meetings on behalf of the organisation over the following years. The Fairtrade Foundation website is re-launched. Fairtrade flowers launch with Fairtrade roses in Tesco stores.
Both continue to sell Fairtrade coffee today. The first Fairtrade wines from South Africa and Chile are launched, with support from companies including Traidcraft and Co-op.
Today, Co-op is the largest retailer of Fairtrade wine in the world. Today more than towns, cities, villages and other communities across the UK have been awarded Fairtrade status. Fairtrade products were served at the G8 meeting in Gleneagles. Pay us a fair price for what we grow, and we will make poverty history for ourselves. Comic Relief commits a major five-year grant to enable more farmers and workers in Africa to benefit from Fairtrade. Cadbury Dairy Milk commits to going Fairtrade.
Today, Cadbury, which is owned by Mondalez, has its own labelling system called Cocoa Life. Fairtrade works in partnership with Cocoa Life and, as a result, in the UK five times as much Cadbury chocolate will now be made with sustainably sourced cocoa. Today you will also find Fairtrade chocolate and bananas at the counter as well as Starbucks Fairtrade Iced Coffee drinks in the supermarket.
Look for the Mark. Fairtrade launches a ground-breaking initiative that offers a lifeline to poor and exploited small-scale miners around the world with the move to certify gold and precious metal.
Miners in Fairtrade certified co-operatives will now receive a guaranteed Fairtrade Minimum Price and Premium to invest in formalising and improving their mining and business practices. UK-wide grassroots campaign network recognised as member of Fairtrade Foundation. The National Campaigner Committee is established as a formal member organisation of the Foundation, giving the grassroots campaign movement a formal voice and place in the governance of the organisation.
Greggs offer freshly ground coffee, tea, and hot chocolate as Fairtrade. Greggs expand their commitment to Fairtrade into a greater variety of hot drinks. Today they also sell Fairtrade bananas and fresh juices reinforcing their commitment to Fairtrade. Fairtrade East Africa, South Korea and India are also launched through this alternative approach that is based on partnership; one between those who grow our food and those that consume it.
Becoming a Fairtrade school means that both pupils and teachers hear about and are actively involved in the learning, awareness and promotion of Fairtrade.
The fact that there are now over schools means that an incredible number of people are aware of Fairtrade and engage with the issues Fairtrade tackles.
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