Fair Trade Fortnight
Fair Trade Fortnight starts tomorrow and runs until the 16th of May.
The Fair Trade Association have organised ‘The Big Swap’:
You are invited to swap at least one essential item in your shopping cart for a fairtrade equivalent. But the more we swap the bigger the impact we make on the lives of small-scale producers in developing countries.
More information on how you can get involved in the Big Swap can be found here.
Christian World Service is inviting parishes to organise A Fair Cuppa after church on Sunday. You can sign up for A Fair Cuppa resource kit by emailing CWS.
Trade Aid is highlighting the positive impact fair trade has on women working in developing countries with the theme for the fortnight being “’Just Women – justice for women by women”.
During Fair Trade Fortnight Trade Aid Wellington will be hosting the following events:
1st May Coffee tasting outside store
5th May Meet our partner Meera Bhatterai from Nepal, in the Wellington Store 6.30pm
8th May Celebrate World Fair Trade Day with food and entertainment in our Wellington store 10.30am – 4.00pm
9th May Mother’s Baking Day – bring your mother into our store for a morning / afternoon tea
Demonstrations of traditional crafts by local women in-store during the fortnight
Tea, coffee, chocolate tastings in store during the fortnight.
Static display and information on Trade Aid in Wellington City Library, mezzanine floor, 3 – 17th May
More information on what Trade Aid shops around the country will be doing for the fortnight can be found here.
More information on Meera Bhatterai’s visit can be found here.
More events over the fortnight:
Big Swap Fairtrade Street promotion
12:00pm – 3:00pm
May 01
Venue: Cuba Street, Wellington
Come along and ‘go bananas’ about fair trade. Try the taste of Fairtrade bananas, listen to some music and grab your Fair Trade Fortnight special coupon to get the best deals over the Fortnight on Fairtrade prdocuts in the city from the Wellington Fair Trade City Group (WFTCG). Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson, City Councillor Celia Wade-Brown and other well-known Wellingtonians will be handing out Fairtrade goodies and talking about what it means to be a Fair Trade Capital City.
Starfish Fairtrade Coffee Break
10:00am – 4:30pm
May 14
Venue: Starfish, 128 Willis Street, Wellington
Starfish is participating in the Oxfam Coffee Break on Friday 14 May and are being sponsored by People’s Coffee. The will be serving cups of plunger coffee throughout the day for a donation to Oxfam and hope to raise $300 to help struggling coffee growers work their way out of poverty.
Contact Starfish on 04 385 3722 for more information or visit www.starfish.co.nz.
Starfish photo exhibition and promotions
10:00am – 4:30pm
MAY 16
Venue: Starfish, 128 Willis Street, Wellington
Starfish is hosting an exhibition of photography from Kowtow’s recent trip to India to raise money for the Wichi Children’s Art School in India. Kowtow is a Wellington based clothing label that works exclusively in Fairtrade and Organic Certified cotton and at the end of 2009 spent six weeks visiting and working on the farms and factories that produce their garments in India.
Starfish are also offering a discount of 10% on their Fairtrade and organic new season stock from Kowtwo and Descendant Demin and 20% off selected Veja shoes.
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