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WFTDay 2012
World Fair Trade Day 2012
A Celebration That You Cannot Miss!
World Fair Trade Day (WFTDay) is an initiative of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO, http://www.wfto.com/) and is being supported by thousands of citizens, Fair Trade Organizations, social and environmental movements, producers and consumers all around the planet. Local authorities, national governments and multilateral institutions have been supporting Fair Trade for several decades now.
The World Fair Trade Organization is the global network of Fair Trade Organizations around the planet, from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America/Pacific Rim. It represents more than 450 Fair Trade Organizations from more than 70 countries with highest geographical outreach. The events celebrating the World Fair Trade Day (WFTDay) are being organized by hundreds of different organizations uniting Fair Trade producers and consumers, Fair Trade Organizations, social and environmental movements in a common effort to support Fair Trade and trade justice for small producers.
This year (2012) we will all be celebrating Fair Trade on Saturday, May 12! Join us! Check our own Press release on the occasion of WFTDay 2012 celebrations here!
To join in these worldwide celebrations, WFTO-Europe's Office has been collecting written an photo messages regarding WFTDay 2012 (see below). Some are also posted in our Facebook and LinkedIN pages!
The best messages collected by the WFTO-Europe Office in Brussels made their way to balloons on WFTDay 2012.
(c) WFTO-Europe, Brussels.
Messages Collected By WFTO-Europe For/About WFTDay 2012:
| Message | Author |
| Fair Trade Fair Peace. | Suzan Sahori, Bethlehem Fair Trade Artisans (Palestine) |
| Wel.fair, Fair Trade! | Jacques Colouse, Ciney (BE) |
| Do it Fair! | Natália Leal, Brussels (BE) |
Faire plus pour la justice? Fair Trade! | Miren Bette, Etterbeek, Brussels (BE) |
| À table: oui! Mais équitable! | Miren Bette, Etterbeek, Brussels (BE) |
| Faire plaisir?... Fair Trade | Miren Bette, Etterbeek, Brussels (BE) |
| La justice, pas la charité | Georgette Helleuse, Verviers (BE) |
| I love Fair Trade! And you? | Yc.C., Verviers (BE) |
| Essayez l'équitable! Ça vous plaira! | - |
| Mehr Anstansd zw. Weltladen in Europa! | Elke Tillman, Heverlee (BE) |
| L'anticonstitution constitutionnelle constitue a la vie | Polydor, (BE) |
| L'équité pour tous, dans le commerce aussi | Sarah Laghem, Liège (BE) |
| Pers hen niet uit! Hou het Fair! | Katrien Lemahied, Hemiksem (BE) |
| SHARETRADE = FAIRTRADE | Nadine Van Ticheven, Hemiksem (BE) |
| Shop for a better world | Jaris Rossie + ?Debliephere? (BE) |
| =) Plus on est nombreux, Plus y'a du riz | Grace Banguli, recruiter (BE) |
Buy with spirit | Koumeïl Messaoudi, recruteur (BE) |
| Tant qu'on a l'occasion de planter une graine, faisons le! | Koumeïl Messaoudi, recruteur (BE) |
| Celui qui pense sans agir, séne sans récolter | Abdeljalil Soulinomi?, Recruteur de Dorateur (BE) |
| Pour être différent soignons équitable | Nana, recruteur (BE) |
| Nog meer Fairtrade! | Arno Simins, Hasselt (BE) |
| Soyez Fair | Mark De Ceuster (BE) |
| Fairtrade is meer dan ooit nodig | R. Scheepens, St. Z.? (BE) |
| Eerlijk duurt het langst | Christa Vynche, Gent (BE) |
| En velen worden er beter van | Lut Laemens, Gent (BE) |
| FT in het noorden en zuiden | R. De Smet, Gent (BE) |
| Pour plus d'éthique à table! | Brigitte Pasuch, L.L.N. (BE) |
| À table pensez équitable | Equipe Oxfam-Magasins du Monde de Dinant (BE) |
| Eclatement de la solidarité | Bernadette Gaillari, Vise (BE) |
Plus* de differences! Soyons 'Unis' (*dans le sens 'd'arrêter') | Claudine Fryns, Vise (BE) |
| "E tie é table!" Rangleurs du risque! | Veronique Riche, Thuin (BE) |
| Ne mangeons pas seul dans son assiette... | Marc Vandenhunde?, Soiguin? (BE) |
| Consommons mieux, consommons équitable | Albert Vero, Liège (BE) |
| Vive l'orange verte! | Patrick Veillard (BE) |
| Mmmh, que c'est bon! | Sandrine Debroux, Centrale Oxfam (BE) |
| Happy consumers! | Tom Bosmans (BE) |
| Le vrai début de l'égalité entre hommes passe par le commerce équitable | Albert Zoichl, Liège (BE) |
| Je léve en tette de jus d'orange oxfam pour un commerce plus juste et solidaire! | Emeline Danthine, Oxfam MdM (BE) |
| Shop Fair | - |
| Fais la différence, deviens Oxfam partenaire (O.P.) =) | - |
| Devalisez-nous!! | M.D, Verviers (BE) |
| PAS D'ESTHETIQUE SANS ETHIQUE! | ?, Sawang Boran (Thailand) |
| Para disfrutar de un buen café no hace falta que termine molido nadie | Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo (ESP) |
| See a face behind! | Kadri Vanem, Assist. MEP, Brussels (BE) |
| Fight for trade justice! | Elba Estrada, Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO), Brussels (BE) |
| Because Human Rights should NOT be an optional "extra plus"" | Ellen Bohlin, FTAO, Brussels (BE) |
One of the groups celebrating the WFTD 2011(?) in Austria
© ARGE Weltläden
The WFTDay 2012 Global Press Release from WFTO is also out!
You can read the World Fair Trade Day 2011 Declaration here.
For more information on WFTDay 2010, visit http://www.wftday.info