The Fairtrade Foundation organise Fair Trade Fortnight every year, and this year it is from Monday 28th February to Sunday 13th March. The theme is to show off the Fairtrade label, and here on Arran we are asking all primary school children to design or decorate a triangular bunting made from fair trade cotton. It is a call for justice - specifically for West African cotton farmers.

The idea is to attempt to break the Guiness World Record in Bunting which stands at 2,696 metres. FTF aim is to make 4,350 metres of Fairtrade cotton bunting. It will all be hung up on World Fair Trade Day Saturday 8th May. To achieve this they need 12,500 decorated flags - one for each Fairtrade cotton farmer in Mali and Burkina Faso in West Africa.

 

On Arran all primary school children have been given a triangular Fairtrade cotton flag which they are decorating with paint, pen or material.

These flags will be hung up in the Brodick Co-op during Fair Trade fortnight, and also at a Fair Trade Coffee Morning in Brodick Church Hall on Saturday 5th March from 10.30 am. There will be an opportunity for people to decorate their own flag at the coffee morning too.

We have given out  about 330 flags on Arran, and after displaying them on the island they will be sent to London and added to all the other bunting to break the record for the longest, fairest-ever piece of bunting.

 

Any enquiries about Arran Fairtrade, please phone Jan on 01770 700249.

 

Last Updated (Sunday, 29 May 2011 19:49)