Dressed as a Fairtrade banana, the Rev. Jacky Cottrell was at Hautes Capelles primary school handing out teas and coffees to mums and dads waiting for the school bell to raise awareness of the importance of Fairtrade. Children also received biscuits while everyone was able to join in on the conversations and the meanings of the global movement.
As the minister of the neighbouring Capelles Methodist Church, she said she was aware that hosting ‘tea while you wait’ afternoons which would create friendships and community for the area. Through this parents and children were learning more about Fairtrade and how together we can help positively impact farmers and workers for the better.
‘It’s Fairtrade, it’s not just another brand,’ she said.
‘You are touching other peoples lives for the better.’
Les Capelles Methodist Church is continuing to raise awareness of Fairtrade and the importance of spending the difference and giving that farmer a better price.
Roger Browning, chairman of Christian Aid, said it supported Fairtrade and help towards the facilities in evolving countries. The local charity’s current projects have been out in Kenya, building a barn to allow local farmers to store grain and other foodstuffs.
‘When it’s stored outside, everything can get into it, and then the food quality is poor, so they won’t get the price,’ he said.
Hautes Capelles parent Sam Nichols said she would ‘always buy Fairtrade bananas’.
Fairtrade is a global system which works towards making trade fairer for the people who grow food for the western world in particular.
Capelles Methodist Church has received renewed certification as a Fairtrade church, in the year that also marks the 20th anniversary of Guernsey becoming a Fairtrade Island.
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