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Fair Trade Rice Farmers by Honley High School Fairtrade Forum

12/11/2018

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On Monday 17th September, Honley High School was lucky enough to host yet another fantastic Fairtrade event, alongside local supporters and school children! Howard and Webster, came all the way from Malawi  to show us an amazing presentation to explain what life is like for a Kilombero rice farmer. Life is hard in Malawi and there is a lot of poverty; the weather conditions there can be really hard and people have to work out in the field for a very long time. Most farmers can’t afford the luxury of things such as education for their children, transport, proper sanitation or even farming machinery, like ploughs. Howard and Webster are part of a farmers’ association called NASFAM; a group which enables small holders to do business on a global scale. NASFAM works with JTS (Just Trading Scotland) to import rice to the UK and ensures that all the farmers are paid a fair price.

Being part of the Fairtrade movement has brought lots of different benefits to the Kilombero rice farming community. We especially have become very involved with selling their rice because every time we sell 90kg, we raise enough money to send one of their children to school for a whole year. We have already completed the 90kg rice challenge 3 times and by the end of this school year, we would like to have raised enough money to send a child to school for 5 years, just like we do at Honley! 
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