Topic: Fairtrade
Philippine Fair Trade Manager Assassinated
March 28, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Fair trade is all about working for justice, for the poor, the downtrodden, the impoverished and exploited people. It strives to lift them up to a life of dignity and greater opportunity in a non-violent, peaceful way through economic development. Fair Trade is a practical way to respect the rights and […]
Read More...FAIR TRADE PIONEER ASSASSINATED
March 25, 2014 ·
Militants say death squads behind killing of Panay fair trade manager By Nestor P. Burgos Jr. Inquirer Visayas 12:04 am | Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 OTON, Philippines‹Why did they have to kill him? He was good person who had helped many of us who are poor, said Ma. Theresa Mediavilla. Mediavilla said workers of […]
Read More...Dark record
March 25, 2014 ·
Dark record Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:11 am | Monday, March 24th, 2014 Read more: http://opinion.inquirer.net/72901/dark-record#ixzz2wxb6uM4r Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook A week before a joint police-military operation captured Benito Tiamzon, chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army, together with his wife Wilma and five others in Carcar, Cebu, unknown gunmen killed Romeo […]
Read More...Fair Trade’s Accomplishment Report 2013
February 12, 2014 ·
TREE PLANTING PREDA ProFairTrade planted a total 2,000 mango saplings to 14 aeta communities. EEstablishment of Three (3) pilot areas for coconut-coffee integrated farming was also done and 5,000 coconut and 5,000 coffee seedlings. The project will protect the environment and will also be a source of income for the aeta communities. WATER SYSTEM PROJECT […]
Read More...World Fairtrade Day
December 7, 2013 ·
SAVING THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
November 8, 2013 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen Nov. 10, 2013 She was only 14 years old when brought from a distant town, and she was lured into a relationship with a middle-aged American and became his live-in sex partner. He called her “Chocolate”, a racist term. In a conversation with reporters from ABC Television New York using a hidden […]
Read More...FAIR TRADE DRIED MANGOS, A TASTE OF JUSTICE
September 27, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen I was visiting villages where a new group of small farmers had become members of the ever growing Preda Fair Trade partnership. They lived off mixed farming and mango trees. They proudly showed me some of the benefits of the fair trade payments and dividend bonuses they received for their mango […]
Read More...AWARDING OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CHILDREN OF MINDANAO MANGO FARMERS
June 18, 2013 ·
On June 7-9, 2013, Mr. Donard Angeles – Agriculturist and Amabelle Facturanan- Project Coordinator together with volunteers from Germany and USA travelled to Davao to meet and discuss community and children problems and challenges in the communities. This was part of an effort to come to know the needs of the small farmers, to help […]
Read More...VISIT TO A MANGO HARVEST
May 30, 2013 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen A few weeks ago, I was in the mountain villages of Zambales talking to a group of small subsistence farmers from the Aeta indigenous people. The agriculturists from the Preda Fair Trade project were there to help them gather and weigh their wild mangos and Preda Fair Trade staff were ready to pay them 100% […]
Read More...BUYING PICO MANGOES FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
May 29, 2013 ·
Profairtrade Development Agency, the Fair Trade and business arm of Preda Foundation, already started the buying of Pico mangoes from Aeta mango farmers. The wild mangoes are “organic in conversion” offering healthy and nutritious delight to Fair Trade consumers. Thru Fair Trade, the small mango farmers are getting a fair price, for Aeta mango farmers […]
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