Preda Fair Trade, Philippines

Bananas are just a fruit, how are they considered a global issue? Although bananas may only look like a fruit, they represent a wide variety of environmental, economic, social, and political problems. The banana trade symbolizes economic imperialism, injustices in the global trade market, and the globalization of the agricultural economy [1]. Bananas are also […]

Are they imposing the colonial rule of trade? The story of Fair Trade as experienced by many practitioners and pioneers in the Philippines is unique. It has its own characteristics based on the struggle against dictatorship and the rule of a powerful oligarchy that still dominates the economic and political life of the nation. It […]

It was a happy day and a happier event for hundreds of the descendants of the original inhabitants of the Philippines. They were gathered in the covered basketball court of Botolan, Zambales, to be recognized as the rightful inhabitants and owners of 15,000 square kilometers of ancestral domain. Many of them had walked thirty or […]

After many years of struggle and hardship, the rights of the indigenous people (IP) of Botolan to their ancestral domain were formally recognized. This was done through an awarding ceremony of the certificate of ancestral domain title (CADT) by Presidential UnderSecetary Lorelei C..Fajardo last 14 January 2010 at the covered basketball court in Botolan Town […]

Preda helps hundreds of producers of handicrafts, bag makers and small farmers live a life of dignity and prosperity. Through Developmental Fair trade, it has many justice projects for the poor, the outcasts and children and women enslaved in brothels and bars for foreign sex tourists. One the most successful projects of Preda in preventing […]