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Tea
Fair Trade Certified tea offers consumers an opportunity
to choose quality and taste while choosing to directly benefit the lives
of tea farmers and pickers.
A more viable cup of tea for everyone
Over 120,000 tea pickers and their families are currently benefiting from
Fair Trade in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,
and Uganda.
A part of the earnings from every purchase of Fair
Trade tea goes into a plantation community development fund.
The tea pickers themselves, who vote on how the funds will be used to
meet the most serious needs in their communities, democratically control
this fund.
Long hours and low wages on large tea-growing plantations
in Asia and Africa often leave workers under pressure to make ends meet.
Fair Trade guarantees that estate owners pay tea pickers at least the
local minimum wage, while maintaining safe working and living conditions.
Fair Trade is especially important in the many
countries where domestic laws providing for decent wages and working standards
are not always enforced.
Click here to view a
list of companies offering Fair Trade Certified tea.
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Fair Trade Success Story |
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Sivapackiam, a mother of four, works on a Fair Trade Certified
tea garden in Sri Lanka and says, "A year ago, we didn't have any electricity in
our houses. All the members of the Joint Body got together and discussed how we
could pay to install it. Some money came from the Fair Trade premium and we each
took out a loan. With electricity, my children can study at night. In the
morning I can iron their clothes and we can use a hot plate for cooking. I am
happy that Fair Trade helps me support my family." |
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