World Fair Trade Day is an inclusive, worldwide celebration of fair trade as a tool for change, held every year on the second Saturday in May. It is endorsed by the World Fair Trade Association, a global network of organisations representing the Fair Trade supply chain which has over 450 members from 75 countries. On…
The Fairtrade Experience of Bennett Kushnick, Children In Crossfire Intern In Our Development Education Department. “On Thursday, March 9, 2017, I attended the Fairtrade fortnight event at Ulster University’s Magee campus library. There were a range of Fairtrade treats or treats made using Fairtrade ingredients. The treats included Fairtrade chocolate, Fairtrade brownies, Fairtrade bananas and…
Children in Crossfire has been working as part of Foyle Fairtrade for the past ten years. We feel this is important, as the injustices of poverty are closely linked to unfair trading conditions for people in the countries we work in. If the injustices of poverty are to be tackled, then we must not only work…