AHCC Fair Trade Business Enterprise With Ethics

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

Pay It Forward and Make a Difference!

It starts with.. a change So outwardly insignificant That no one would notice Except the person Behind you in the aisle.

Just a moment of grace When instead of seeing Rows of labels On a supermarket shelf You imagine the people Behind them, Tilling the earth, Sowing the seed, Gathering the crops.

And you pause, Wondering, What their names are, Where they live What difference it will make If your hand picks up This box instead of that, Wondering: how do I Love these neighbours?

Can I help change This child’s long journey for water, Her mother’s lack of healthcare, The prospect her father faces of another year when he cannot meet his family’s needs Just a moment.

And the person behind you, Her impatient baby Squirming in the trolley, May never realise That in that brief hesitation A life hung in the balance.

Christian Concern for One World

Buy Fair Trade!

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

The FAIRTRADE Mark is the only independent consumer guarantee of a better deal for producers in the developing world.

7 million people producers, workers and their families currently benefit directly as a result of Fairtrade.

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

The FAIRTRADE Mark means: • Farmers receive a fair and stable price for their products • Producer groups receive a premium to invest in improving their communities and businesses • Greater respect for the environment • Small farmers have a stronger position in world markets • A closer link between shoppers and producers

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

Fairtrade means…

A fair and stable price for producers “…we can buy pens and notebooks so children can go to school. We have bought seeds and fertiliser to grow vegetables and improve our family’s diet.”

Sira Souko Cotton farmer, Batimakana, Mali

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

Fairtrade means‌ Extra income to invest in bringing about change for the future Farmers at Mabale Growers’ tea factory in Uganda used some of their Fairtrade premium to build a road for the local community enabling easier access to local markets.

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

Fairtrade means‌ Producers are working to protect their environment Coffee farmers in one cooperative in Costa Rica are protecting the rainforest with new coffee driers that run on recycled coffee bean husks and organic material, rather than using firewood.

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

Fairtrade means…

Small farmers have a stronger position in world markets “For us small producers, we are very committed to Fairtrade. It is our means of survival here in the Dominican Republic. We see Fairtrade as being part of a big family.”

José Peralta Banana Grower ASOBANU, Dominican Republic

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

More people buying more products in more places

‌more often!

It’s Our Choice…

Our choice could tip the balance in favour of the poor and lighten the load of those weighed down; We could level inequality and distribute warehouse mountains; Share out the wealth that was never ours to hoard; Turn the tables on those who play the markets; We could stockpile generosity and speculate in hope; Sell up our shares in selfishness and settle for the dividends of solidarity.

Sophie Stanes, CAFOD

All Hallows Catholic College Is a ‘faith school specialising in Business and Enterprise with Ethics’.

We are committed to gaining Fair Trade status as a sign of our Christian values in action.

The Fairtrade Foundation is the independent non-profit organisation that licenses use of the FAIRTRADE Mark on products in the UK in accordance with internationally agreed Fairtrade standards. The Foundation was established in 1992 buy a large number of Christian development agencies, including CAFOD and Christian Aid.

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

Pay It Forward

That we may reflect on our responsibilities‌ Father, as we reflect on our responsibilities as Christians, help us to understand the impact our choices and actions have on others.

Help us to be true disciples of Jesus, living the gospel and bringing social change in an unjust world.

Give us courage to challenge unfair trade rules and pray for those who have the power to make far-reaching decisions affecting the world’s poor.

As we eat and drink, help us to pray the food to our table.

for those who have laboured to bring

Fill our hearts with compassion for our brothers and sisters around the world, so that we acknowledge our common humanity and dignity.

Give us insight and understanding so that we can make good choices about how we spend our money. You have called us to care for the and needy and we want to take that responsibility seriously.

Help us to be generous with our time and money so that we can honour you through serving Traidcraft

others. Amen.

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All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics

Kindness…Pass it on!

Make a donation to charity Say ‘hello’ Eat lunch with someone new Share a smile Give a compliment Give something up Gift an unexpected gift Leave a thank you note Do a favour Encourage someone Pick up litter Lend a hand Let another go first Open a door Really listen to someone Help carry a load Offer your seat Forgive someone Pray for a friend Show respect Give space Help someone less fortunate Thank a teacher Buy Fairtrade Read to a Child Say ‘please’ Load the dish-washer Treat others in the way you would like to be treated Do a kind act every day Take on something extra Be Patient Pray for someone who treats you badly Respect Difference Buy Fairtrade Goods Say ‘Sorry’ Do good Show compassion Don’t bully Give time Pass a kindness on Be tolerant Bring peace

‘Every man has the right to glean what he needs from the earth.’

‘On the Development of Peoples’ Pope Paul VI 1967

CAFOD supports Fair Trade by buying fair trade products we are living simply, sustainably, and in solidarity with the poor.

All Hallows Catholic College A Voluntary Academy I Business and Enterprise with Ethics