The Fair Trade Project
This year, around 3.5 million people will die from water-related illnesses.
Right now, 963 million people are hungry. Twenty-five thousand of them will die of starvation today. Another 25, 000 will die of starvation tomorrow. Most of those people will be children.
More than 20% of the world’s population, or almost 1.4 billion people, live below the international poverty line. Because they earn less than $1.25 per day, they can’t afford their most basic needs.
These are all statistics we’ve heard before, but we don’t always put fair trade and ending poverty together.
The Fair Trade Project seeks to help disadvantaged producers receive a just price for their goods while building relationships and encouraging social and environmental responsibility. When people are paid a fair price for what they produce, they can pull themselves, their families, and their communities out of poverty.
You can make a difference simply by buying fair trade products.
Right now, 963 million people are hungry. Twenty-five thousand of them will die of starvation today. Another 25, 000 will die of starvation tomorrow. Most of those people will be children.
More than 20% of the world’s population, or almost 1.4 billion people, live below the international poverty line. Because they earn less than $1.25 per day, they can’t afford their most basic needs.
These are all statistics we’ve heard before, but we don’t always put fair trade and ending poverty together.
The Fair Trade Project seeks to help disadvantaged producers receive a just price for their goods while building relationships and encouraging social and environmental responsibility. When people are paid a fair price for what they produce, they can pull themselves, their families, and their communities out of poverty.
You can make a difference simply by buying fair trade products.
