The Forum Fair Trade Indonesia (FFTI) is working to promote Fairtrade in Indonesia and to improve market access for local producers so they can compete fairly in the economy, earn a better price for their products and work their way out of poverty.
[Read more…] about From the village to the global market: Fairtrade handicrafts in Indonesia
As published in the Otago Daily Times, 12 May 2011
Amid the jubilation over higher dairy prices that are boosting our flagging economy, spare a thought for those who are suffering. It has been a bad year for the 44 million people in poor countries who slipped into hunger since the surge of food prices in June 2010. That’s four million every single month, nearly the population of New Zealand. For those of us who have seen the pain of chronic hunger and the effect that it has on children, even one hungry person in our world is too many.
NATO states must act now to stop abuses by Afghan police and army.
As greater responsibility is handed over to the Afghan National Security Forces, there is a serious risk that unless adequate accountability mechanisms are put in place, violations of human rights and humanitarian law will escalate – and Afghan civilians will pay the price. Troop-contributing states have been slow to honour their moral and legal obligation to ensure the accountability of the national security forces; and time to do so is running out.
This Fair Trade Fortnight (May 7 -22) thousands of Kiwis will take part in Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break – a nationwide Oxfam event, aimed at raising awareness of Fairtrade and raising funds for Oxfam’s work towards a just world without poverty.
[Read more…] about Thousands of Kiwis to take a Coffee Break for Oxfam this Fair Trade Fortnight
At a time when one in seven people face a daily struggle to get enough food, Oxfam is calling on world leaders gathering in Turkey May 9-13 to seize the opportunity and help lift the most vulnerable nations out of poverty.
[Read more…] about Oxfam calls for action to lift the world’s Least Developed Countries
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