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Traidcraft Exchange

Traidcraft Exchange. Hanumanthamma. Traidcraft’s structure. Equal partnership; mutually beneficial Each part of the organisation focused on doing what it does best. Traidcraft plc Business concerned with development. Traidcraft Exchange Development charity specialising in business.

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Traidcraft Exchange

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  1. Traidcraft Exchange

  2. Hanumanthamma

  3. Traidcraft’s structure • Equal partnership; mutually beneficial • Each part of the organisation focused on doing what it does best Traidcraft plc Business concerned with development Traidcraft Exchange Development charity specialising in business fighting poverty through trade

  4. Traidcraft Exchange • Established in 1986 • The only UK developmentcharity to specialise in trade • Traidcraft plc does not fund Traidcraft Exchange; it is committed to funding development work with its own producers and must reinvest to ensure sustainable growth

  5. Why is Traidcraft Exchange needed? • Over 1 billion people live on <$1 per day • Aid alone is not enough; trade is a long-term solution • Many poor people are hard-working and highly skilled. • Trade can help people liftthemselves out of povertyfor good and with dignity.

  6. What are the barriers to trade? • No Market access • Lack of business skills • Unfair trade conditions How does Traidcraft Exchange address these? • Development projects • Business training • Policy work and campaigning

  7. International Development projects • An opportunity to reach more people • Helping producers improve their capability to trade locally and internationally • Working with in-country partners • Sustainable approach • Multiplier effect

  8. How a project works Local contacts and staff see need for project Local organisation contacts Traidcraft Or Find out what problems are Develop programme of solutions Local partner organisations Local communities Traidcraft Exchange Solutions written up into a project Funding sought for project

  9. Traidcraft Exchange overseas offices Hyderabad, India Dhaka, Bangladesh Phnom Penh, Cambodia Nairobi, Kenya

  10. Traidcraft Consult • Offers training and consultancy to build business skills • Runs workshops to help producers understand fair trade • Supports our developmentprojects • Works with a rangeof organisations

  11. Traidcraft Consult

  12. Trade Justice Unfair trade rules and practices keep millions of people in poverty and prevent poor people from gaining the benefits of trade. “The people who make these rules should come to the ground to see how we live. We are sad and we are stranded. Will they come to helps us when we are dead?” Linet Muga, former sugar cane farmer, Kenya

  13. Policy Unit and Campaigns • Work on wider issues of trade justice • Persuade governments to support fairer trade rules and get companies to act responsibly • Over 14,000 campaigners are helping to make the voiceof the poor heard

  14. “Make it Fair” Tea Campaign

  15. From Field to Market

  16. What are the problems?

  17. What have we done?

  18. Progress so far

  19. Next steps

  20. How is Traidcraft Exchange funded? • Individuals • Department for International Development (DFID) • European Union • Comic Relief • Trusts • Charities

  21. Get Involved – Make a donation • Donation – cash, cheque, credit card • Direct debit • Leave a legacy • Gifts For Life

  22. Get involved - Fundraise • Coffee mornings • Wine tasting / chocolate tasting • Quiz / competition • Indian / African evening • Trade games evening • Sponsored runs / walks / cycles • www.traidcraft.org.uk

  23. Get involved - Campaign • Log on to our website to sign up as a campaigner:www.traidcraft.org.uk/campaign • E-mail the government from the web • Fill in the latest campaign postcard

  24. Transforming lives • Trade is a sustainable solution to fight poverty • Traidcraft has a unique approach – trading, supporting and influencing • Traidcraft can and does transform people’s lives • But we needsupport to extendour impact further

  25. Thank you

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