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NEW!
The Food Expo is soon! It’s the second year Oxfam is enabling Fair Trade groups to participate.
We are supporting five groups to come to Hong Kong, as a way to assist them to increase their market access, and in the end, to improve the livelihoods of poor people in their home countries.
You are invited to meet representatives from two of the five Fair Trade groups. It’s your chance to hear, first-hand, how your support of Fair Trade directly supports farmers to improve their livelihoods, and their lives.
Fair Trade Experiences from Palestine* and Vietnam
| Date: |
16 August, 2009 (Sunday) |
| Time: |
2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Venue: |
Oxfam Hong Kong 17/F, China United Centre, 28 Marble Rd, North Point (MTR Exit A4) |
| Speakers: |
Palestine (*the Occupied Palestinian Terrirtories) creates the world’s only Fair Trade olive oil. Ahmed Abufarha, of CANAAN Fair Trade and PFTPC, will share with you how their products are the economic lifeline for farmers in this conflict zone.
Vietnam is the home of Betterday, the world’s only Fair Trade brand from a developing country to be licensed by Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International. Hanoi-based founders Nguyen Tuyet Minh and Dominic Smith will share how they created the brand. |
Fair Trade refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to stephaniec@oxfam.org.hk by 12 August (Wednesday). |
Fair Trade at Food Expo
Come and taste this high-quality food!
Fair Trade products introduced at the Food Expo include Palestinian olives and olive oil, Vietnamese tea and cashew nuts, Sri Lankan spices, Filipino specialty snacks, and Thai rice.
| Date: |
13-14 August, 2009 (Open to registered traders only*)
15 August, 2009 (Open to public)
(*Traders can register online before 6 August for free admission! ) |
| Time: |
10am - 6pm |
Venue: |
Trade Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai
Booths: Trade Hall 3C, Booths: 32,34,36
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| Enquries: |
Stephanie Cheung,
Tel: (852) 3120 5273 / Email: stephaniec@oxfam.org.hk |
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