For the 3rd quarter of 2015, Mr. Donard Angeles- PREDA Pro Fair Trade Producer’s Development Officer conducted monitoring visit to Davao mango growers last September 22-25, 2015. On the 23rd of September Martin Moritz of El Puente joined the visit. Among the activities conducted are the following: a. ORIENTATION ON WFTO and FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES […]
3rd QUARTER MONITORING VISIT TO DAVAO/MINDANAO FARMERS
October 27th, 2015 | Comments Off on 3rd QUARTER MONITORING VISIT TO DAVAO/MINDANAO FARMERS »Fair-Trade and organic can help end dire poverty.
October 16th, 2015 | Comments Off on Fair-Trade and organic can help end dire poverty. »Fair Trade and organic can help end dire poverty Fr. Shay Cullen When I first came to the Philippines in 1969 as a Columban missionary from Ireland I felt welcomed and accepted by the Filipino people. They are an intelligent, friendly and a proud people that suffer poverty today as a consequence of conquest by […]
Eradicating poverty through Fair-Trade
October 12th, 2015 | Comments Off on Eradicating poverty through Fair-Trade »Eradicating poverty through Fair-Trade Fr. Shay Cullen For much of my life as a Columban missionary in the Philippines I have tried to develop a model of Fair -Trade based on honesty and justice. It is a model that finds customers for the poor and that trades by buying and selling products at just and […]
Press Release: Fair Trade Breaks Poverty (Anti-Poverty Week)
October 6th, 2015 | Comments Off on Press Release: Fair Trade Breaks Poverty (Anti-Poverty Week) »1 October 2015 (Culemborg) – Fair Trade breaks the chain of poverty. Fair traders around the world, together with small producers and backed by consumers, are breaking the chains of poverty. Fair Trade is growing and that is our proof that we are gaining our fight against extreme poverty. The WFTO membership count doubled from […]
Children of the garbage pit.
September 14th, 2015 | Comments Off on Children of the garbage pit. »The Childrens of garbage pit. Fr. Shay Cullen 22 May 2015 This is week to think about hardship of the poor the most vulnerable are the children of the streets and abandoned. Refugees have lost everything travel to escape hopeless poverty . We are called upon to share the riches of this word with all […]
