Here are just a few of our valued producers, and a little bit about them and how they have been affected by Fair Trade working. Click on a name to see the full story:
- Brazia - How Fairtrade wages benefit workers
- Khan Family - How Fairtrade premiums pay for workers health care
- Bijad - How Fairtrade Premiums pay for Micro-credit loans
- Kadir Ensure - How Fairtrade funds micro-credit
- Kitman - Sri Lankan Fair Trade rubber project
- Shymala - Fair trade rubber tapping in South India
- Sameena Nyaz - How Fairtrade Premiums help pay for healthcare
- Gollapalli Nampalli - Organic Cotton Growing in India
- Iramma Ramappa Bangari - Organic Cotton Growing in India
- Mr Babu - Fair Trade pension project for rubber tappers
- Mr. Dadmanabhan - Health insurance from the Fair trade Fund
- Ms. Saradha - An operation paid for by Fair Trade premiums »
- Rezwan Waris - How Fair Trade Premiums pay for Micro-credit
- Premavati and other Tsunami Victims - Greentips™ Rubber Band Balls
- Mr Sadasivan - Wedding costs help from Fair Trade premiums in South India
To find out more about the making of Fair Trade Footballs, see our video on YouTube.
» An operation paid for by Fair Trade premiums
Ms. Saradha (48) has been working for 25 years as a field worker at the rubber tree nursery at New Ambadi estate in India. Her husband has some health problems so her and her sons must pay for the families upkeep.
Her 21-year-old daughter Sandhia is married and her 19 year old son, Samil Kumar is doing well by able studying electrical engineering. The family lives in a very simple brick house with three small rooms and the kitchen is a constructed of planks and has a plastic roof. The house has electricity but the family still have to fetch water from a neighbours’ well.
In January 2009, Ms. Saradha had to have an operation. Her health insurance paid only Rs 4000 of the RS 7000 bill. However with the help of our Fair Trade Fund the balance of the bill was paid an Ms. Saradha is now fully recovered.