Every-bunny Loves Fair Trade!!


Make Easter sweeter for cocoa farmers by buying Fair Trade chocolate and demanding that World's Finest Chocolate switch to Fair Trade certified cocoa! Help promote Fair Trade! During the Easter season, companies like Word's Finest Chocolate sell millions of dollars worth of chocolate. Unfortunately, the chocolate that we often enjoy is not so sweet for the hundreds of thousands of child laborers involved in the harvesting of cocoa to make that chocolate, many of whom toil as slaves.

The US chocolate industry committed to ending abuses such as child slavery by July of 2005, but has not kept its promises. It is up to the consumers of the world's largest chocolate companies to hold them accountable. Let them know that this is not acceptable!

Here's what you can do:

*Send a fax to World's Finest Chocolate and demand that they take their share of the responsibility for ending forced and abusive child labor on their farms by using Fair Trade Certified cocoa.

*Purchase Fair Trade Easter gifts and show others that Fair Trade is possible! Visit the Planet One Gifts Fair Trade Online Store to see our selection of chocolate and other gifts. This year, you can order fair trade gifts, organic chocolates and Fair Trade Easter Baskets.

*Talk About Fair Trade in Your Classroom! Easter is the perfect occasion to talk with children about where their chocolate comes from and what they can do to help their peers on cocoa farms around the world. Global Exchange has lots of resources available for teachers and children of all ages to learn more about how fair trade is helping farmers and their children build a better life.

*Keep up the good work! Fair trade is on the rise! According to the Fair Trade Resource Network, the world market for Fair Trade products is expanding at 10 to 25% per year, with about 60% sales coming from a small number of food products, such as chocolate and coffee.

Continue making Fair Trade a reality!

For more information on how your school, church or community group can get involved or to order additional materials to promote fair trade in your home this Easter, please contact Gioioa von Disterlo at fairtrade@globalexchange.org or 415.575.5538.


Source: Global Exchange