Trade Aid!

Learning the Lingo

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August 2nd 2007
Today, we visited different components of Trade Aid - a fair trade organization that helps local artisans earn a living wages and that supports the community. We went to both a basket-weaving place and a pottery-making place. This is where we actually were able to see the benefits of fair-trade - these women were so thankful to have had the funds to just build the building in which they were sitti ... read more

Africa » Ghana

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more