HOMEPAGE
Rodolfo Peña Alba is managing director of Café Orgánico Marcala (COMSA), a coffee cooperative in Marcala, Honduras.
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CHALLENGING OUR WORLD
Marike de Peña is the Fairtrade International Board Chair, CLAC Board Chair, and director and co-founder of Banelino – a banana cooperative in the Dominican Republic.
© Javier Luna / Fairtrade International
GROWING BETTER FUTURES
A producer at Small Organic Farmers’ Association (SOFA) tends young plants. SOFA is an organic, Fairtrade certified small producer organization for high quality tea and spices in Sri Lanka. The cooperative won the Fairtrade Award for the Small Producer Organization of the Year 2016.
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Sobur is a coffee farmer and member of Koperasi Baithul Qiradh Baburrayyan (KBQB), a coffee cooperative in Indonesia.
© Nathalie Bertrams
FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Oti Manu Restford, with his family outside his home. Oti Manu is a cocoa farmer at Asunafo North Municipal Co-operative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Union Limited (CCP), a Fairtrade certified cocoa cooperative in Ghana.
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Mabel Matetsu is the foreman at VREL – Volta River Estates Ltd, a Fairtrade certified banana plantation in Ghana. Mabel is the first woman to hold this post.
© Linus Hallgren / Fairtrade Sweden
TACKLING TOUGH OBSTACLES
Shanti Rai is a tea plucker at Makaibari Tea Estate, a Fairtrade certified tea plantation in India.
© Luca Rinaldini
Brou Konan Franck is a cocoa farmer in West Africa. Brou is a Youth Leader in the It Takes a Village to Protect a Child’ project.
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Fidelina Zaldaña is a coffee farmer in El Salvador. Fidelina attended the ‘Leadership Training & Women’s Empowerment School’ implemented by CLAC.
© Evelyn Araniva / CLAC
Workers growing young plants at Red Fox Ethiopia PLC, a Fairtrade certified plantation in Ethiopia.
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BUILDING A LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Rosario Cabrera works at the Miguel Rosado packing plant – an affiliate of ASOARAC, Hatillo Palma, a Fairtrade certified banana cooperative in the Dominican Republic.
© James Rodriguez
PROTESTING AND PROPOSING
Fairtrade staff member, Konan Kouassi, with cocoa producers from Kapatchiva, member of ECOOKIM – a Fairtrade certified cocoa cooperative in Blaisekro Sud, Côte d’Ivoire.
© Éric St-Pierre
POWER IN PARTNERSHIP
Phawadee Suphansai, planting rice-crops in Thailand. Phawadee is a member of Organic Jasmine Rice Producer Group (OJRPG), a Fairtrade certified small producer organization.
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STRONGER AS A SYSTEM
James Kinne, affectionately known as Papa Kinne, sorts coffee beans with members of Highland Organic Agriculture Cooperative (HOAC). James’ son, Daniel Kinne, is the chairperson of HOAC, the Pacific’s oldest Fairtrade certified organization producing coffee.
© Vanessa Kerton / Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand
Winners of the 2016 Fairtrade Awards
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FAIRTRADE INTERNATIONAL’S FINANCIALS
At Coopérative Agricole NZRAMA de N’DOUCI (CANN)’s cocoa warehouse in NDouci. CANN is Fairtrade certified cocoa cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire.
© Kristina Eggers / Fairtrade Österreich
ABOUT FAIRTRADE
The members of Organic Jasmine Rice Producer Group (OJRPG) produce the original Hom Mali Rice, more commonly known as perfumed rice. ORPG is a Fairtrade certified small producer organization in Thailand.
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PHOTO CREDITS
Jesús and Cecilia are Fairtrade coffee producers at Cooperativa de Caficultores de Manizales in Colombia.
© Sean Hawkey / Max Havelaar Switzerland
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Cocoa pods at Coopérative Agricole NZRAMA de N’DOUCI (CANN), a Fairtrade certified cocoa cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire.
© Marco Garofalo