The document describes how a village in India has benefitted from Fairtrade. It discusses how the village used money from Fairtrade to improve infrastructure like building a new school roof and tarmacking a road, install a water pump, and set up a credit union. It also describes how families can now better afford healthcare and children's education due to higher prices from Fairtrade. Overall, Fairtrade has helped strengthen the village's co-operative and improve lives in the community.

1. There is a road from our village used to get
The school building used to be in terrible so wet and muddy that buses and trucks
condition. In the rainy season the roof would get stuck all the time. The
would leak all the time. Our co-operative co-operative decided to use some of the
used some of the money from Fairtrade money from Fairtrade to tarmac the road
to put a new roof on the school. and now it can be used without problems,
in good weather and bad!
In our village we used to have to go to the
river to fetch water several times a day. Even
though we boiled the water to make it clean
sometimes people still got sick. But now we
can get safe clean water just nearby because
we used some of the money from Fairtrade to
build a water pump!
Before Fairtrade it was very hard for families
One of the best things about Fairtrade is that it
if they had a bad har vest. Now we have set up
has made our co-operative even stronger. Before
a Credit Union. Everyone saves a little money
we had so many hopes and plans of things that
each month and if you need a loan for
we wanted to do to make life better for our
something unexpected, like a funeral or
community. Now, with a better price, we can
medicine, you can get it from here at a very
actually do those things.
fair interest rate.
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My grandma and grandpa sometimes get sick
We used some of the money from Fairtrade to
and we couldn’t always afford to buy medicine to
buy seeds and we have planted new things to eat
help them. Now we get a better price with
and to sell at the market, like tomatoes and
Fairtrade so we can buy medicine if they need it.
green beans. I love helping in our garden and all
Our village now gets a visit from a doctor every
these tasty vegetables have made us feel much
month which is great because the nearest clinic
healthier.
is miles away.
Before we had Fairtrade, my big brother and
sister didn’t always go to school. Mum and dad
couldn’t afford to buy their uniforms and pay for
the books that they needed. Because of Fairtrade
they can go every day now and, when I’m old
enough, I will too!
Young Co-operatives
Young Co-operatives is a scheme which helps schools to set up their own
co-operative businesses selling FAIRTRADE Marked and fairly traded
products. It’s a practical introduction to Fairtrade and co-operative
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