Monday 30 March 2015

Fairtrade Africa becomes a Fairtrade@Work Partner

Fairtrade Africa joined the Fairtrade Marketing Organization Eastern Africa to become a Fairtrade@Work Partner.
Fairtrade Staff enjoying their cup of tea and coffee during a coffee break at their offices
Established in 2005, Fairtrade Africa is the independent non-profit umbrella organization representing all Fairtrade certified producers in Africa. Fairtrade Africa is owned by its members, who are African producer organizations certified against international Fairtrade standards producing traditional export commodities such as coffee, cocoa, tea, cotton, bananas, mango and non-traditional commodities including shea butter and rooibos tea. Currently, the organization represents over 860,000 producers across 32 countries in Africa.

Fairtrade@work is a programme of Fairtrade Marketing Organization Eastern Africa that aims at promoting the use of Fairtrade, which is an ethical certification, as a Corporate Social Responsibility tool for Eastern Africa businesses.

The programme’s main objectives are:

(1) To stimulate and drive demand for ‪#‎Fairtrade‬ products; and

(2) To increase awareness of Fairtrade among local businesses as well as their employees

You can become a F@W partner by purchasing Fairtrade products for your office use.
Remember a significant part of Fairtrade’s success internationally is because of the support the movement has received from businesses like you, NGO’s , schools, universities and towns. Please join and support our producers!
http://www.fairtrade.or.ke/fairtrade@work/

Monday 2 March 2015

Fairtrade Brand Ambassadors Trip To Nyeri

Fairtrade brand ambassadors will be visiting 2 of our licensed producer Organizations;
  • Rung’eto Farmers’ Co-operative Society (Coffee growing)
  • Ndima Tea Factory both in Nyeri County (Tea growing)
SUMMARY OF DETAILS
EVENT:  BRAND AMBASSADORS TRIP TO NYERI
DATE: FRIDAY 6TH MARCH 2015
MEETING POINT: RE-INSURANCE PLAZA (in the Nairobi CBD for transportation to the trip sites)
TIME: 7:30 A.M Sharp

COMPETITION !!!!!!COMPETITION!!!
As brand ambassadors, we would like to believe that you already like our Facebook page and are following  us on twitter!
This competition starts NOW and we would love to see how well you know Fairtrade and how active you are as a brand ambassador!
Do you know what Fairtrade products there are in Kenya or the  projects that have been carried out by different producers using Fairtrade premiums?
Well ,you have to prove that to us!
Post as many times as YOU  want on your personal pages about us (remember to tag Fairtrade in Kenya) and on the our timeline.
The person with the most likes to their posts and retweets starting from today and throughout the trip and who best communicates Fairtrade wins a great Fairtrade gift hamper.
Remember to stay on topic and be respectful to the Fairtrade brand
The ambassador who best utilizes all our social media pages on the right margin and with the most number of likes and retweets will go home with a number of Fairtrade goodies!! Good luck!!!

http://www.fairtrade.or.ke/fairtrade-in-action/fairtrade-brand-ambassadors-trip-to-nyeri/