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![Fatna (right) brings home wood that she and some neighbours have harvested from outside the camp in Kubum, south Darfur [Paul Jeffery/ACT/Caritas]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/sudan/images/fatna-right-brings-home-wood/247664-2-eng-GB/fatna-right-brings-home-wood_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![CAFOD supported communities with seeds, tools and training to help local people move home and reintegrate in Northern Uganda [CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/uganda/images/move-home-and-reintegrate/945382-1-eng-GB/move-home-and-reintegrate_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
![Jade, 9yrs old, marking out 'Our Future' in coral on the beach at Pujada Bay [Simon Rawles]](/var/storage/images/watch-and-listen/our-future/966390-1-eng-GB/our-future_0column50_04space_landscape.jpg)
Fairtrade
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Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world
Using our consumer power, Fairtrade shoppers have helped improve the lives of nearly a million farmers and producers and their families across the globe.
![Vanilla farmers such as Joseph Mubusa are being hit by the global economic crisis [Fairtrade Foundation]](/var/storage/images/get-involved/take-action/fairtrade/images/joseph-mbusa/1007450-2-eng-GB/joseph-mbusa_1column00_08space_landscape.jpg)
Supporting Fairtrade Fortnight (23 February - 8 March) is even more important than ever this year - here are five ways YOU can help |
Take action now - make your parish, diocese or town a Fairtrade one - many others have already done so successfully! |
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Thousands of farmers benefit from Fairtrade - but many millions more could join them if it wasn’t for unjust trade rules hampering poor countries’ attempts to trade out of poverty |
 Test your Fairtrade knowledge and use this fun quiz at Fairtrade events and fundraisers. |
Fairtrade Church Guide 2009 (700.53 kB) Reflections, prayers, information and action suggestions for faith groups for Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 and beyond. |
Becoming a Fairtrade Diocese (149.59 kB) Information, ideas and an application form to help your diocese get Fairtrade status. |
