Make it happen – choose Fairtrade! is the theme of this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight, which will run from 23rd February to 8th March 2009. Its aim is to highlight the positive difference to both people and the planet that consumers can make by choosing Fairtrade.
Join thousands of people in a global Go Bananas for Fairtrade! event by eating a Fairtrade banana between noon on Friday 6th March and noon on Saturday 7th March to help set a world record for the largest number of Fairtrade bananas eaten over a 24-hour period.
Or hold an event in your local church, school, library, club, workplace to raise awareness of the importance of Fairtrade. Why not hold a Fairtrade coffee morning? A Fairtrade tasting? Or a Fairtrade football game?
Two billion people – a third of humanity – still survive on less than $2 a day. Unfair trade keeps them in poverty, but they also face the global challenges of food shortages and climate change too. Fairtrade is a people’s movement that aims to tip the balance of trade in favour of poor producers.
By taking part in Fairtrade Fortnight you will be playing your part by joining a powerful global movement for change! For further info see www.fairtrade.ie.