FAIRTRADE PROJECT (TEA)

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TEA

By Veronica Marin

The bulk of global tea production takes place at large plantations.

Workers often live on or near the estates.

INTRODUCTION

Low wages and poor working conditions are prelevant.

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THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS IN WHICH TEA IS GROWN

Thousand workers across 11 countries are involved in FairTrade tea production

THE SITUATION BEFORE

Tea's growers countries receive very low and unstable incomes for their products.

Underpayment pushes them into a further and serious poverty.

In 2005 the economic situation became extremely difficult in Kenya.

Shanty towns in Kenya

WORK CONDITIONS

Discriminations, sexual harassment and explotation of women workers are widespread.

Women often work longer hours for lower wages than men.

FAIRTRADE STANDARDS

Designed to improve employment conditions, protect the rights of workers and increase their income

Fairtrade certified producers receive a Minimum Price for their tea.

It acts as a safety net against the unpredictable market.

THE FAIRTRADE PREMIUM

EDUCATION

An additional sum of money which goes into a communal fund for workers to improve the conditions of their lives, their priorities and their aspirations.

PREMIUM

ECONOMY

HEALTHCARE

SOCIAL CONDITION

SOCIAL CONDITION

ECONOMY

EDUCATION

HEALTHCARE

• Hospital buildings
• Purchase of the indispensable medicines

• Better housing
• Electricity supply
• Clean water

• Plantations improvements
• Purchase of more developed working tools
• Sustainable projects

• Education grants
• New school buildings
• Distribuition of school materials

IF YOU BUY FAIRTRADE, I'LL WORK WITH A SMILE!