Fair Trade Tourism

Yesterday I was asked to photograph products for Fair Trade Tourism. It's a pretty cool initiative that empowers "Fair Trade" in industries on small scale farms. All the products are made in fairness and the workers all have good wages, good work environment, communities are set up from the money made by these products and the most awesome thing is that the products are being manufactured and Made in South Africa. So much raw materials are being exported and very little of the profit from that RAW material goes back to the communities that made it. So now with Fair Trade Tourism, they have introduced this to the Hotel and Tourism sector where you can choose to have a "Fair Trade" holiday. It's almost like the "Green" movement or "Organic" choice, where people choose to live their lives to help the environment. This is much the same, except it is a movement that makes sure that people at the source of industries get paid properly and have communities set up for them. These will soon also be available in Pick and Pay. I will be blogging the products soon, but just to show you the sorts of products they have :) As though I needed more chocolate - I have finitoed them already! :)

Check out Fair Trade SA

Venue: Peech Hotel