​Fairtrade Fortnight 27 Feb – 12 March

During Fairtrade Fortnight, which runs from 27 February
to 12 March, campaigners, businesses, schools and
places of worship show their support for the farmers and
workers who grow our food in developing countries. 

However hard farmers work to provide the things we depend on, millions in developing
countries still aren’t paid what they deserve. When we come together we can change
the way people think about trade and the products on our shelves – the fairtrade
movement is made up of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in their communities
for fairtrade. Their actions help shoppers to make choices that change the lives of
farmers and workers. 

This year, the Fairtrade Foundation is encouraging people to take a fairtrade break and
take a moment over tea or coffee to think about whether they are feeding exploitation
and how they can take action. 

Edson Maotchedwe, from Malawi, is a Fairtrade
tea farmer and father of seven. Edson’s cooperative
has invested Fairtrade Premium in
building a maternity wing and school, a new
bridge, clean water and an ambulance. 

This was life-saving when two of Edson’s children
suffered from malaria. “I believe Fairtrade has
already started playing a role in helping me
realise the future for my children and children of our area,” he says.

But there is more to do. “My thoughts almost every night are preoccupied by worries of
how I can improve the welfare of my family. I have children and a wife to look after and
it is difficult to raise proper income in our country. So I always ponder how or what I can
do to improve our lives as a family.” 

Pray for all the farmers both overseas and here in the UK, that they are paid
a fair price for the food they produce.

Kingswinford Deanery – Rural Dean: David Hoskin; Lay Chair: Helen Jones

Diocese of Marathwada (India): Bishop Madhukar Kasab 

Diocese of Canterbury, Archbishop Justin Welby with Bishop Trevor Willmott (Dover) 

Diocese of Down and Dromore (Ireland): Bishop Harold Miller

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