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www.ftrn.org www.ftrn.org
The Fair Trade Resource Network is seeking a full-time executive director to conceptualize, energize, secure support for and carry out Fair Trade education campaigns in the U.S. and abroad. Salary, benefits and office location are negotiable.
The FTRN Executive Director is responsible for all aspects of leading a small non-profit organization devoted to advancing fair trade. S/he will envision, fundraise, plan, manage and promote all of the organizations programs. S/he reports directly to the FTRN Board Chairperson and will work closely with an active board of directors. For a full job description, click here.
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Times, NZ Jackie Russell
IT’S hard to believe that 35 years ago hippie bargain hunters were buying ethnic sandals and jute bags from New Zealand’s first Trade Aid shops.
This foresighted enterprise that promises to pay crafts people from developing nations a fair price for their wares was launched in Christchurch in 1973 and since then has successfully spread throughout the nation.
Howick’s first Trade Aid shop opened in 1993 next to Rishworth’s drapery and fashion outlet. With a one month lease on the tired building, Trade Aid volunteer David Rose and co-workers endured a leaky roof for a year before moving to Howickville when it was a bustling shopping centre. (more…)
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USA Today Brittney Bain
Halloween’s a time for pumpkins, costumes, and — if some faith-based groups have their way this year — global market awareness.
Faith organizations and congregations around the country are promoting fair-trade chocolate for trick-or-treaters to raise consciousness about conditions and prices for cocoa farmers around the world.
“This is an example of how everybody has the ability to make some change,” said Susan Burton, who works for the the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society in Washington. (more…)
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www.herald-dispatch.com Herald Dispatch, WV
Senior public relations major Katherine Reasons is hosting a non-profit international gift festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. The Yeager Scholar is giving the proceeds from the festival to Ten Thousand Villages, a non-profit organization that supports artisans around the world by providing them with fair and stable income for work. The organization currently supports more than 130 artisan groups in 36 countries.
“Simply buying a gift at this event will help create jobs for people in other countries,” Reasons said. “I just want to raise awareness about the ways people in our community can help people around the world.” (more…)
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Great Yarmouth Mercury, UK Dominic Bareham
The objective of the lesson was to teach children about global poverty on the day Great Yarmouth launched itself as a Fair Trade town.
But it was not just the Edward Worlledge Middle School pupils who were gaining knowledge – Ivan Lewis, minister for international development, learned just how passionate the younger generation is about issues concerning others less fortunate than themselves.
The MP for Bury South joined Yarmouth MP Tony Wright on a visit to the Suffolk Road school to watch the youngsters taking part in a quiz, Race Against Global Poverty, which tests children aged 11 to 16 on their knowledge of world poverty. (more…)
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