Fair Trade in Sri Lanka

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Fair Trade in Sri Lanka
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• Overview of Fair trade
• Economic Situation in Sri Lanka
• Comparing Fair Trade and Non-Fair Trade
  Conditions in Sri Lanka
• The Way Forward Ethical and Social Trade

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History of Fair Trade
1946 Self Help Crafts began buying needlework
from Puerto Rico. Simultaneously SERRV
International began to trade with poor
communities in the South. 1950 In Europe Fair
Trade dates back to the 1950s when Oxfam UK
started selling crafts made by Chinese refugees
in Oxfam shops. 1958 The first formal "Fair
Trade" shop which sold these and other items
opened in 1958 in the USA . Parallel activities
were taking place in the Netherlands. 1996 Fair
Trade in Malta
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What does Fair Trade offer?

• Gives payment of a fair price
• Involves producer groups in decision making
• Protects the rights of children and women
• Ensures the health and safety of workers
• Preserves and promotes traditional arts and
  crafts
• Promotes Education
• Creates opportunities for economically
  disadvantaged producers
• Involves transparency and accountability
• Encourages better environmental practices

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Work by Fair Trade Organizations

• 1. Selling of fair traded good A. Organising
  Producers and B. Marketing their products.
• 2. Awareness Raising Educate people about
  injustice in trade and the effects of such
  injustice, e.g. Taste the World
• 3. Lobby Work Lobby international fora,
  communicating the message trade not aid, e.g.
  StoPoverty
• 4. Standards in trade Assure that the conditions
  of workers are up to the correct standards.

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Non-Fair Trade Coco-Fibre Twining
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? Health Hazardous Working Environment
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? Dangerous Work
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? No gender Equality
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? Non-existent involvement in Decision Making
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• No work guaranteed after 4 weeks
• Unfair payment for their hard work

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• Poor Housing Conditions for the Factory Workers

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• Unfair distribution of income

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Fair Trade Coco-Fibre Twinning by Siyath
Foundation
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• Women are given entrepreneurship opportunities

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• Healthy and safe working environment

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• No Dangerous Tools

• Tools given by Siyath Foundation

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• Acceptable Housing Conditions

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• Help for the community

• Promoting Education

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Celebration of Womans Day 8th March 2005
Under the theme of  We rise together Siyath
foundation organized a march and a rally attended
by around 2000 women.
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Third Month Commemoration of Death
Traditional religious customs the chanting of
Buddhist Suttas (hymns) was undertaken throughout
the night followed by the morning meal offered
to priests. Buddhists believe that by such action
we many transfer merit to our dear dead ones so
that they mill be spared of such gruesome deaths
through out their Sansaric life.
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Fair Trade in Trade Craft by Gospel House

• Encourages good environmental practices using
  albizia wood

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• Safe Working Environment

• Creates opportunities to unemployed youths

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• Provides support consultancies and commercial
  contacts to partner producers.

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• Promoting Tradition Arts and Crafts

• Development of products designs

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• Creates opportunities for different ethnic and
  religious groups to work together
• Encourages female leadership

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Tsunami Relief Support

• Distribution of goods as from December 2004

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• Children given school uniforms

• Donation of 20 Coco Twine Spinning Machines

• Provided stock of undergarments for 120 women
  and young girls

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• Foundation of CRUF in February 2005

• Construction of Fishing Canoes

• Provided seed money for Cement Brick making
  Machines