7/27/2019 Fair Trade Christmas Bazaar
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What is Fair Trade?Fair Trade: A Commitment to Building
Relationships
At its heart, Fair Trade is about building respectful, enduring
relationships. Fair Trade embodies a comprehensive set of
criteria,including, at minimum, the following commitments:
Paying a fair wage in the local context Offering employees
opportunities for advancement Providing equal employment
opportunities for all people, particularly the most disadvantaged
Engaging in environmentally sustainable practices Being open to
public accountability Building long-term trade relationships
Providing healthy and safe working conditions within the local
context Providing financial and technical assistance to producers
whenever possible
Fair Trade Christmas Bazaar Organizations:Catholic Relief
Services: Products available through the Work of Human Hands
project, giving us the opportunity to supportdisadvantaged artisans
and farmers oversees from 90 producer groups in over 30 countries
around the world.
Caf Justo: Caf Justo is a coffee grower cooperative based in
Chiapas, Mexico. We market a pure, organic coffee which is
grown,harvested and marketed in the spirit of justice. Our goal is
to provide incentives for people to remain on their family
lands.
Refugee Focus Womens Empowerment Program(Catholic Charities
& Lutheran Social Services): Catholic Charities has a
coffee
shop/wine bar called The Refuge, which will provide handmade
items from the Womens Empowerment Program. All profits from sales
godirectly to the refugee artisan. Refugees are individuals who
have fled their countries of origin and who meet the United Nations
criteriaof having a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of
race, religion, nationality, social group or political opinion.
Gifts from Bethlehem: This group sells hand carved olivewood
religious wares and other items which are the projects of
Christianfamilies living in Bethlehem. Sales from these projects
benefit these families and help them make a living so they do not
have to leavetheir homeland for economic reasons.
The Seven Principles of Catholic Social Teaching
