How do the producers benefit from fair trade?
It’s very difficult for those of us in the developed world to appreciate what fair employment means to hardworking women and men in the developing world. The poor want the same opportunities and treatment that we want – not handouts or pity – but simply a chance to provide for their families in a dignified way. For the producers, Fair trade means fair wages, honest employers, clean water, healthcare, and education for children. Trade as One wants to provide as many of these jobs as we can in some of the poorest areas of the world. Many producers need access to markets outside of their own country, since they are based where people are too poor to buy the beautiful products that they are capable of making. Fair Trade is a means of connecting poor producers to those people who need and want to buy their products. Producers benefit from: • access to new markets • better prices • decent working conditions • regular orders • the development of skills • participation in decisions and • advan
