On
Wednesday 29th March Michael Gidney, who is the Executive Director
of Fairtrade in the U.K, came to visit us.
Firstly
he showed us a video about a girl called Tenia who goes on an adventure behind
the scenes of chocolate. She met some people from the Dominican Republic in the
Caribbean and asked them some questions about how Fairtrade had changed their
lives. A lot of the families could not afford to send their children to school
to get an education and now, because of Fairtrade, they can afford it
although only a few of the children in a family can go to school!
Next
he talked to us about a few of the Fairtrade products. The first food that he talked
about was bananas. Amazingly 533 million Fairtrade bananas are sold in 1 whole
year, although only 1 in 3 bananas are Fairtrade in the whole world.
Lastly
before he went he gave us all Fairtrade stickers.
By
Georgie and James - class reporters class PL/KV
