2. My name is Anna.
Hello!
I own a Fairtrade
Shop.
You might be thinking,
Well, let me tell
‘what’s Fairtrade?’
you all about it.
3. When you go to the
shops with your
mum or dad, you
may buy things that
have travelled a
long way!
Things like coffee,
tea, bananas and
cocoa (which makes
yummy chocolate)
all travel long
distances before
they reach the
shops.
4. If the price different. It drops in the or ‘guarantee’ it can
Fairtrade isof a product is a and producers market, sell
Around the world, farmers promise world have to to
be very bad news for enough moneysteady price to their
producers that to earnfarmers. They might strugglefor buy
their products they will get a fair and to survive.
food or to
products. keep their children in school.
6. Buying Fairtrade products is
about using your power as a
‘consumer’ (someone who buys
things).
When people buy Fairtrade
products it is a message to big
companies that there is a better
way to do business.
When we buy Fairtrade products
we show that we really care for
others – no matter how far away
they live!
7. My name is Jethanda and I grow Fairtrade cotton in
India. Fairtrade is great because I know that I will get
a fair and steady price for my cotton. This means
that I can make plans,
I hope to set up a rainwater-saving
programme in the future.
Hi! My name is Ana Hello! My name is Ovidia and
and I am part of the I am part of a Fairtrade
El Guabo banana cooperative in the Dominican
cooperative in Republic. Selling our cocoa
Ecuador. We are through the Fairtrade market
passionate about has helped us to set up a
healthy farming. nursery so that we can grow
After all, we eat the most of our own food.
bananas ourselves!
8. Fairtrade can really
improve people’s lives!
That’s why I chose to
open my Fairtrade shop.
Now that I’ve helped you
to learn about Fairtrade,
CAN YOU HELP ME?
9. The problem is that the
supermarket across the road
sells the same things as I do -
but their products aren’t
Fairtrade. I have to sell things
for a few pennies more
because I only sell Fairtrade
goods.
Design a leaflet or a poster to
persuade people that buying
Fairtrade is better. It helps
farmers and workers earn a
fair wage for their products.
