We held a planning meeting for the Fairtrade Fortnight event at Shepherd's this morning. Fairtrade Friday is on the 29th Feb, so it's getting quite close. We could have a full Parish Hall, though. Nepal Bazaar will be there; Bishopston Trading are sending a box of goods for us to sell on sale or return (they sell fairly traded clothing), and the people who are organising the Plastic Bag Free Hay campaign will be there. I'll be there with a weaving workshop, talking about weaving and spinning in the third world rather than as a Viking or Medieval lady, and we have yet to hear from Oxfam and some other shops around Hay.
There'll be tea and coffee and cakes (made with Fairtrade ingredients - I'm making a banana loaf), and entertainment. Fynnon Gynnydd School will be singing Welsh and international songs - it'll be their second perfomance of the day, as they're going to a local eisteddfod earlier. Manu, a musician who lives in Peterchurch, will be doing drumming and percussion, and a speaker from Love Zimbabwe will be talking about the situation there.
There'll be a competition for all the local schools to decorate Fairtrade bunting, too, with the judging taking place on the day and a prize of a Fairtrade football for the winning school. All the local schools except Clyro are registered with Fairtrade.
We'll also be launching the Fairtrade Directory for Hay - we saw a draft copy today, which looks very professional.
It should be fun, and hopefully it'll cover the costs and maybe even make a bit of money to pay for the printing of the Directory.
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I just heard that Manu can't be there on Fairtrade Friday after all, but there will still be some sort of music going on.
I do wish everything I bought from the shop was Fairtrade! And I hope one day it won't be necessary to stamp goods with the seal - because everyone will be getting their fair share of the trade.
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