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.
» How Fair Trade Premiums pay for Micro-credit
- ETHLETIC sneakers pay for Micro-credit in Pakistan
When Rezwan does his ironing he overlooks the busy side street outside in Pasrur, a historic town close to Sialkot. "Daoud Ahmed's Laundry Shop" announces a beautifully drawn sign on the shop window.
Next to Rezwan white, light blue, gray and beige kurtas and pyjamas, the long shirts and wide cotton trousers men in Pakistan traditionally wear, are neatly folded and stacked high in the shelf. His brother Mohammad is a football stitcher at Talon, which made 23-year old Rezwan eligible to receive a 30,000 Rs (c. 350 EUR) loan from the Talon Fair Trade Workers Welfare Society and set up his laundry business.
The most expensive investment was the large washing machine and spin drier, which his mother Shadah operates at home just a few minutes walk away from the shop. Six suits or 12 pieces of laundry can go through the 15 minute washing cycle at a time and are then dried on the roof of the house. Since Daoud Ahmed's Laundry opened in December 2006, business has been going well. Depending on the fabric type Rezwan charges between 25 Rs and 30 Rs (c. 2.30-2.90 EUR) for washing and ironing a set of kurta / pyjamas - and the average male in Pasrur gets through three to four sets per week. After paying the rent and other expenses like detergents, Rezwan earns between 200Rs and 250 Rs per day, which equals a Fair Trade football stitching wage and provides a reliable, continuous income for himself and support for his parents and siblings. And the laundry has proven to be so popular with customers that Rezwan's cousin has decided to join the business; at the beginning of October he set up a table in the back of the shop and has started sewing and altering suits.
This business was made possible by the Fair Trade premiums we pay for ETHLETIC sneakers.