Fair Trade

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Fair Trade
In Action!
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Partnerships in 20 developing countries
Latin America Argentina Bolivia Chile
Colombia Ecuador Haiti Mexico Paraguay
Peru Uruguay
Asia India Indonesia Philippines South Korea
Sri Lanka Thailand
Africa Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Senegal
Peru
Paraguay
India
Madagascar
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Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency

• How HandCrafting Justice Works
• Income-generating projects
• Price is set by the women who make the goods,
  based on the cost of labor and materials.
• Partners are paid when HCJ receives the goods
• Goods sold to parishioners, online customers,
  womens and peace groups, etc.
• Communication about new orders, product quality,
  marketability

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Working with Women

• Women face many difficulties, like
• Unequal Rights
• Violence
• Unequal Access to Education
• Unfair Share of Social Obligations

• Women perform 66 percent of the worlds work and
• produce 50 percent of the food

But they earn 10 percent of the income and own 1
percent of the property UNICEF, Gender
Equality The Big Picture, 2007.
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Indigenous Cultures
Huichol
Mexico
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Indigenous Cultures
Quechua
Peru
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Holistic Partnerships

• Literacy classes
• Daycare
• Self-esteem groups
• Emotional support
• Natural disaster relief
• Domestic violence counseling
• Nutrition projects and classes
• Greenhouses

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Fair Trade Salaries BenefitsNongkhai, Thailand

• Local minimum wage 3.50 per day
• Regina Center wage 4.10 6.60 per day
• for a 7 ½ hour day, 6 days a week
• Overtime at higher wage and not
• mandatory
• Women have input on working
• conditions and wages
• Services provided
• paid job-training, child care,
• adult education, meal
• snack, transportation, medical
• maternity benefits

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• A life and story behind every craft

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Thailand
Vishiny
Pottery
Then Sick with HIV/AIDS and impoverished,
Vishiny joined the Isan Pottery Project.
Now Working as a potter, she enjoys better
health and supports herself and her family.
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Peru
Yuri
Weaving
Then Yuri and her fellow villagers had no access
to education or markets.
Now Yuri sells her indigenous tapestries and
pays to bring teachers to the village. Yuri
supports her immediate family, but also
contributes to the development of other village
women.
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Mexico
Candelaria
Sewing
Then Candelaria was discouraged from getting a
job because her husband did not want her to be
around other men.
Now Candelaria participates in the DTaris
workshop in her community, uses her money to
care for her family, and has the support of her
husband, who even helps around the workshop.
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Madagascar
Josephine
Embroidery
Then 10 years ago, Josephine was struggling to
pay for the most basic needs of her family.
Now Working at the Centre Fihavanana, Josephine
has been able to secure microcredit loans to buy
a home, cover school uniforms and book costs for
her children and keep the family well fed.
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Kenya
Felicia
Cards
Then A single mother living in a slum
Now Being a part of a card project at the
Euphrasia Womens Center allows Felicia to care
for her baby, and earn money to send her younger
siblings to school. She also participates in
educational seminars.

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Sisters of the Good Shepherd Projects
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