”We all have to go shopping. Fair Trade is just shopping with respect.”
- Kwabena Ohmengo Tinyase, the director of Ghana’s fair trade chocolate association
By buying Fair Trade items, you help provide low-income producers with fair wages, healthy and safe working conditions and educational and community development opportunities.
Items commonly for sale as Fair Trade Certified include chocolate, coffee, crafts, jewelry, baskets, toys and soups
When buying gifts, consider alternatives to material gifts that benefit people who are poor or marginalized. In the past, we’ve partnered with Heifer, Kiva, Keep Hope Alive and Our Children’s Place.
Check out local vendors:
Beleza
Fiberactive Organics
Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation
Jinja Fair Trade
Just Neem
Larry’s Beans
One World Market
Ten Thousand Villages
Women’s Bean Project
For more information, contact Suzanne Szymendera, sesszy49@gmail.com, 919-845-4885
