Fairtrade organisation is crucial; otherwise, nothing would happen about Fairtrade!  Someone, somewhere, has to do something in order to get any activity started in the first place.

Take the children’s playgroup that I attend.  I turn up every week with two children, pay my £3.00, and my kids have a great time for a couple of hours playing with friends,  I help tidy up at the end and then go home.

The whole thing only happens because there are a group of people who make it happen.  The play group is actually run by a charity which has active members who think up ideas, decide on a plan, and then make it happen.

The same is true for Fairtrade.  It needs organisation.  The most important part of that process is leadership.  However, we can all do our bit – like me helping to do the clearing up at playgroup – and will it help the cause.

It can be as simple as thinking about Fairtrade products when you are shopping.  You could become actively involved in Fairtrade matters or campaign for better workers’ rights by writing to your supermarket and saying you want to see more Fairtrade products on the shelves.

You can find out more about Fairtrade organisation by looking at the Fairtrade Resources list on this site.

I urge you to do something, though.  No matter how small.  Just do something to help Fairtrade Organisation.  Be part of it because it will help the world’s poorest, the environment, me, you and generations to come.