1. Put your hand up if you recognise this symbol
Put your hand up if you recognise this symbol. This is the Fairtrade symbol and today we are here to speak to you about Fairtrade.

2. The blue in the symbol represents optimism, which means to have a positive attitude and the green is for growth.
Photo: Abir Abdullah
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3. Schools and communities all around the UK celebrate and support fair trade throughout the year. But what’s it all about...? Fair trade means better prices, better working conditions and support to develop local communities in some of the world’s poorest countries.
Our Fairtrade Steering group have been working throughout the year to raise awareness of Fairtrade. Some of the things which we have done this year are the Fairtrade stalls in the playground, selling Fairtrade products at Parents Evenings and some classes participated in a Fairtrade Challenge during Eco Week. Some classes have also looked at some of the videos on the Fairtrade website.

4. One of the biggest problems for people in poor countries is hunger
One of the biggest problems for people in poor countries is hunger. Almost 1 billion people in the world do not have enough food to eat. This is one in every seven people on the entire planet. Some of these places include Malawi, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe.
Photo: Richard Else

5. Small holder farmers are very important in the fight against hunger in poor countries. Small holder farmers are farmers that hold only a small amount of land. They grow enough food for themselves and then sell the rest to people in their local communities. Often the small holder farmers provide the most food for their communities, so they are very important in the fight against hunger. The farmers with large amounts of land often sell their food to big companies or send it overseas, so local people remain hungry. There are around half a billion smallholder farmers across the world.
Photo GMB Akash
Photo GMB Akash

6. Supporting fair trade can help make things easier for small holder famers. Traidcraft, a fair trade organisation, works closely with small holder farmers to help them buy better farming tools and learn about how to grow more food for themselves and their communities.
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7. Meet Moli. Moli is a smallholder farmer in Bangladesh, which is in central Asia, near India. She owns a very small farm and grows tomatoes, cauliflower and cabbage. Thanks to Traidcraft and Fair trade, Moli and other smallholder farmers in her area have been trained in activities like growing good quality vegetables, testing the soil, making compost and learning how to sell their vegetables.
Photo GMB Akash
Moli says: “Before, I supplied country beans and some leafy vegetables. Now I produce tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower and bost beans too!”

8. By supporting Fairtrade you will help to make things easier for more small holder farmers so they can produce more food for their communities.

9. There are lots of different products which are Fairtrade, just look out for the Fairtrade symbol.
Thank you for listening today and we hope that you have learned some more about Fairtrade.