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 »
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» Wedding costs help from Fair Trade premiums in South India
Mr Sadasivan is a happy man; he recently arranged the wedding of his 23 year-old daughter Sajithra (the groom works in a dental lab, which should keep the bride and the father in law smiling!) But as the father of the bride, Mr Sadasivan has had to pay for all the wedding costs himself - which would have posed a serious problem as the standard income from working in a rubber factory in South India would never have been sufficient to cover this.
Fortunately though, FairDeal Trading is buying rubber under Fair Trade conditions from the plantation that employs our Mr Sadasivan. This means that for every KG of rubber sold a Fair Trade premium is paid into a separate account over which a joint body, consisting of plantation and factory workers (as well as some management representatives), has full authority. This committee has used the premiums to provide additional pension coverage for all workers - but at 52 Mr Sadasivan still has some time to go until he can benefit from that. But given the occasion the joint body gave him a grant to help with the costs of the wedding, so how better to celebrate Sajithra’s special day than with a box of FDT balloons?