FAIR TRADE PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
21.07.2011 - In June 2011, Fair Trade Resource Network launched a photographic competition to show the world of fair trade and its beauty through images. The Fair Trade Photo Contest collected hundreds of pictures and just announced the twelve winning images that will make up the 2012 Fair Trade Calendar. The Fair Trade Resource Network is an umbrella organisation for fair trade in the USA and embraces all the diverse fair trade movements, including 'our' Fairtrade (agricultural products) as well as the initiatives in craft and artisanal products.
Here are the winning pictures! (Click here to see more pictures)
Credit: The Blessing Basket Project
Newsophine's children say it all - buying momma's baskets from The Blessing Basket Project enables her to provide healthier meals and a better home for them. Today these Madagascar children attend school and can enjoy the prosperity made by their mother's business.
Credit: Chelsea Bay Wills
Machamoud Isa and his son, Noor, on their farm in Anin in the West Bank. This farm is part of the Palestinian Fair Trade Association. Their olive oil is sold in the USA. By opening up the international markets through Fairtrade, these farmers have been able to go back to organic farming practices, join with other family farms in co-operatives, and begin to make a living wage
Credit: Baskets of Africa
A weaver in a village outside of Bolgatanga, Ghana, works on a fair trade market basket knowing that even in the dry season, when crops won't grow, she can still earn a sustainable living wage to support her family.
Credit: Inca Kids
Lucca Rodriguez (2 years old) from Atlanta loves her fair trade hand-knitted doll and finger puppet from Inca Kids. Inca Kids works exclusively with skilled artisans from Peru.
Credit: Maya Works
Mirna and Felicita proudly display products handcrafted by artisans in Agua Caliente, Guatemala. Felicita uses her advanced weaving skills to create an income which allows her to provide for her family. Mirna is Maya Work's Production Coordinator who oversees quality control to ensure products are ready for the market.
Credit: Project Have Hope
Project Have Hope is a non-profit organisation which empowers women in Uganda's Acholi quarter. The women are talented artisans who craft jewellery from recycled paper. Project Have Hope uses the profits to help the women establish additional income generating activities through direct loans, vocational training and agricultural initiatives.
Credit: Laundromat
A sea of blue fabrics...drying under the sun in Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Credit: Eric St-Pierre
Rabaya Belgium, an artisan with the Biborton Handmade Paper Project in Bangladesh, rearranges silk paper leaves that are drying in the sun. This is from the book "Fair Trade: a Human Journey", published by Les Editions de l'Homme, 2010, www.ericstpierre.ca
Credit: Vivien Sansour
Aida Karam is a Canaan Fairtrade olive oil producer. Born and raised in Jalqamous village, she and brother inherited land from their parents and have been carrying on the Palestinian tradition of planting and harvesting olives while adopting new organic methods to improve soil and environment.
Credit: Robert Domoguen
Margarita Otgalon, aged 79, leads the harvest of Tinawon rice seeds. As a respected 'seed keeper' of her village in the Philippines, Otgalon is responsible for selecting the very best seeds for next year's planting. A Fairtrade market for her village's traditional rice means that this heirloom variety may survive into the future.
Credit: Mata Traders
Block printing is an artisan craft passed down for generations within families in India. The fabric is stamped by hand with carved blocks of wood, applying one colour at a time. Mata Traders is proud to help sustain this beautiful tradition.
Credit: Fibres of Life
Humour is a core skill in the simultaneously challenging and hilarious journey of fair trade partnerships. Growing laughter, pokes, and the candidacy that comes with it are our official indicators of growing trust, honesty and joy in the partnership with Fibres of Life (www.fibresoflife.com).
