FAIR TRADE IS JUSTICE IN ACTION By Fr. Shay Cullen Email: shaycullen@preda.org (Fr. Shay’s columns are published in The Manila Times,in publications in Ireland, the UK, Hong Kong, and on-line.) There is good news in the Philippines these days as the framework agreement for a way forward towards a peace settlement in Mindanao has been […]
FAIR TRADE IS JUSTICE IN ACTION
October 19th, 2012 | Comments Off on FAIR TRADE IS JUSTICE IN ACTION »Profood Cebu and Davao Visit
October 10th, 2012 | 1 comment »During the business trip to Cebu and Davao on the last week of September, we visited Profood plants in Cebu and Davao which have been processing Preda fair-trade products as a reliable partner since 1990. I, as a Korean intern researcher and student of Profairtrade participated in this trip with a producer development officer of […]
The story of Ferdinand Govica, a Preda fair Trade assisted farmer as told to Seeunghee Lee, Korean volunteer.
October 9th, 2012 | Comments Off on The story of Ferdinand Govica, a Preda fair Trade assisted farmer as told to Seeunghee Lee, Korean volunteer. »My name is Ferdinand Govica, 43 years old, married, and was blessed with 5 children. My oldest son Mark is 17years old taking up an IT (computer) course in college, Cherry, my second child, is 1st grade of national high school who is very good at schooling, especially in Mathematics and she won 1st place […]
The story of Nelie A. Padas – A Preda Fair Trade assisted Woman farmer as told to Seunghee Lee, a Korean Volunteer.
October 9th, 2012 | Comments Off on The story of Nelie A. Padas – A Preda Fair Trade assisted Woman farmer as told to Seunghee Lee, a Korean Volunteer. »I am Nelie A. Padas, 43 years old living with my husband and 3 children including two sons and one daughter in Purok Mangga, Camoning Asuncion, Davao Del Norte. My husband is a labor in a construction site and a farmer growing mangos, bananas, rice etc with me. Since 2004, I have been farming mangoes […]
Profairtrade Development Agency helps Indigenous people
September 6th, 2012 | Comments Off on Profairtrade Development Agency helps Indigenous people »Preda Fair Trade (www.pretrade@predafairtrade.net) is working to end world hunger through fair trade by paying fair prices for products and finding markets for the surplus mangos of the small farmers and indigenous people. There is nothing more heartbreaking than to visit the indigenous people in remote mountain villages during the ripening time of Pico mangos […]
