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A Christian Response to Systemic Injustice

A Christian Response to Systemic Injustice. Extreme Poverty. Half the world – nearly three billion people – live on less than two dollars a day. www.globalissues.org. Food Insecurity.

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A Christian Response to Systemic Injustice

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  1. A Christian Response to Systemic Injustice

  2. Extreme Poverty Half the world – nearly three billion people – live on less than two dollars a day. www.globalissues.org

  3. Food Insecurity • Worldwide around 925 million people are chronically hungry due to extreme poverty, while up to 2 billion people lack food security intermittently due to varying degrees of poverty (source: FAO, 2010). • Six million children die of hunger every year – 17,000 every day (Ban Ki Moon, 2009) • Meanwhile in the West we have an “obesity epidemic” – in UK more than 20% are obese

  4. An Example: The Banana Trade Super market 13p Importer/Ripener 7p Farm Owner 5p Shipper 4p Worker 1p

  5. What is Fair Trade? (1) • Trade with a bias towards the poor • Ensuring a guaranteed fair price for the producer • A social premium for health, education and welfare • Fair working conditions for producers • Trade with a development objective • Enabling producers to work their way out of poverty • Challenging unfair trade rules

  6. What is Fair Trade? (2) • A practical response to the unfairness of current global trade • An internationally recognised set of standards • A “kitemark” to show products are fairly traded • A large market place:- • More than 1m Fairtrade certified producers • Worth more than US$1 bn per year • £799m was spent on Fairtrade goods in the UK in 2009

  7. Look for the these logos on products: The Fairtrade Mark The Traidcraft product logo

  8. Trade

  9. Support

  10. Influence

  11. Buy

  12. Buy • Buy products from your local Fair Trader • Shop online at www.traidcraftshop.co.uk • Order from our catalogue • Look out for Traidcraft products (e.g. Geobars) in supermarkets

  13. Give

  14. Give • Donation – cash, cheque, credit card • Standing order • Leave a legacy • Fundraising events – coffee mornings • Sponsored runs/walks. Check out www.traidcraft.co.uk

  15. Campaign Supermarkets Watchdog Stop EPAs (Economic Partnership Agreements) Raw Materials

  16. Summary • Fair trade is about making trade work for the poor • Traidcraft offers practical assistance to help producers lift themselves out of poverty • Together we can make a difference

  17. Any Questions?

  18. To Find out more • 2009/10 Fairtrade Foundation Annual Review http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/what_is_fairtrade/annual_reports.aspx • The Fairtrade Labelling Organisation http://www.fairtrade.net/all_standards.html • The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Small Fair Trade Producers (CLAC) http://www.clac-pequenosproductores.org/english/profile/mission.html • Traidcraft www.traidcraft.co.uk

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