Injabulo
and Fair Trade
Fair Trade means lots of things
to different people.
To us it is the basis for making a difference to the lives of people
by adhering to the following principles:
Treating people, however disadvantaged,
with respect - for their lifestyle, their culture and their skill and
giving them the opportunity to earn a real living with dignity and pride.
Paying a fair price for their goods, which means that we get top quality
.
Helping them to learn new skills and extend their abilities by introducing
them to new ways to use their present skills and new ideas for products.
Passing on feedback from customers to give them encouragement and self
belief.
Working with small businesses, not for profit organisations and co-operatives
to make a real difference to the lives of the workers and their usually
large extended families
.
To have a platform available to showcase any new products and artists
that we come across in our travels in Africa.
To work with our chosen charity " Pebbles Project" and do
what we can to raise the profile of this worthwhile charity and raise
funds through various means therefore enabling us to sponsor many children.
To have an "open door" policy - we have nothing to hide -
only pleasure and pride in sending you information about the people
that make the products that we sell.
To build genuine hope for a better future for all
Our products do not carry the
Fair Trade logo as the cooperatives, organisations and businesses that
we trade with are all very small - sometime "one man Bands"
that we have found. Where we can, we ensure that all of our products
are labelled with details of their origin and very often the name of
the artist who has made it.
