Children love Easter eggs, except the ones who are forced to make them.

francoz on 22/02/2016 - 21:15

I thought it would be good to share this before the easter season.

From their website:

The Good Egg Guide for a #traffikfreeEaster

Much of the chocolate that finds its way into our shops and homes is made with cocoa from Cote d’Ivoire plantations that use trafficked children. They are kidnapped or their families are tricked, forced to work in the cocoa plantations from an early age, for long hours, in dangerous working conditions, without any possibility of attending school.

A global movement has begun to change this. The movement tackles poverty and empowers producers who are doing the right thing. Farmers operating with Fairtrade Certification, Rainforest Alliance or UTZ Certified are engaging in good labour practices. Join the movement this Easter. Choose certified #traffikfree chocolate, support the farmers and STOP THE TRAFFIK.

Our activists often have difficulty purchasing #traffikfree chocolate. We are grateful for stores increasing their range, but we still have difficulties purchasing labelled Easter products. This year we are urging stores to release a timetabled plan to STOP THE TRAFFIK to achieve 100% of the Easter products they stock being certified and labelled, by 2020
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To order cards to take to supermarket managers please go to www.stopthetraffik.co/easter

To know more about the brands: http://stopthetraffik.com.au/chocolatebox

Australian Guide on where buy Fair Trade Egg: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5600d036e4b056134c4419…

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  • 0
    I always buy Fair Trade, Rainforest or UTZ chocolate
  • 5
    I try to buy as much as Fair Trade, Rainforest or UTZ chocolate
  • 2
    I don't look for those labels and will try to pay more attention.
  • 27
    I don't literally care about ethics when I buy chocolates as long as it is good.
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Comments

  • bluesky on 22/02/2016 - 21:40
    -1

    Great to see such an initiative.

    Recently, was a bit disheartened reading a comment on another thread about Fairtrade, and the wikipedia article it refers to. Started to wonder how much good actually reaches the people it is supposed to help.

    Of course, doing something is still better than doing nothing.

    • [Deactivated] on 23/02/2016 - 16:45
      +1

      There are two good documentaries on this issue by Danish journalist Miki Mistrati, who goes to the Ivory Coast to film child traffickers, plantations and their child workers, the certification offices and the sorry state of their projects, and confronts the chocolate organisations.

      Dark Side of Chocolate (2010)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vfbv6hNeng

      and the follow up, Shady Chocolate (2012)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5C7jmrycf0

      Narrated by David Bateson, who voices Agent 47 in the Hitman game series.

      • bluesky on 23/02/2016 - 16:52

        Thanks, I will check these out. Genuinely interested.

  • eatwell365 on 22/02/2016 - 22:20
    +3

    Like others, I care about a better world but don't especially buy Fairtrade because it is not convincing that money will actually go to the needs.
    For instance, Maccas charge $4.50 for a coffee with Fairtrade logo.
    is the coffee priced towards the high end purely because of the Fairtrade logo? Does someone profit from the generosity of our people? would like the answer.

  • [Deactivated] on 23/02/2016 - 00:42

    I wasn't aware of this issue, thanks for bringing this to my attention. Is there a simple breakdown of which brands to get and which to avoid?. Those websites are just too overloaded with information, I just want the TL;DR.

    • francoz on 23/02/2016 - 17:33

      I guess the easiest way will be to look for one of those logos Fairtrade Certification, Rainforest Alliance or UTZ Certified

  • Settero on 23/02/2016 - 07:29
    +2

    so ah , for what reasons should i believe that this benefits the poor farmers in any meaningful way and is not just a marketing ploy ?
    as a matter of fact was it not proven that the whole fair trade coffee thing was just a marketing ploy and had no meaningful impact on the farmers ?

    • francoz on 23/02/2016 - 17:38
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      I really like this explanation of this all things you might be interested as well. http://www.explainthatstuff.com/fairtrade.html

      • Settero on 23/02/2016 - 18:59
        +1

        that just explains the idea behind the movement, it provides no details , its like those charities that have really high marketing and advertisement fees, nice story by not enough detail.

  • [Deactivated] on 23/02/2016 - 08:55
    -1

    this is such a great idea

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