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GENERAL MANAGER'S MONTHLY REPORT
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WFTO Events
 Haiti quake survivors need your help now!
Help Haiti quake survivors now! 1 million rendered homeless, another 1 million children who are unaccompanied, orphaned or lost one parent, 2 million who need food aid but there are only 400,000 people receiving food aid, and 700,000 to 800,000 living in makeshift camps.
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Harry Potter star Emma Watson’s designs at Fairwear 2010 fashion show |
 Emma Watson’s designs for People Tree will be featured at the Fairwear 2010 fashion show on 25 February at Briston Cathedral, UK. Better known as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, Watson’s “collection brings a youthful and inspiring edge to Fair Trade fashion,” said Fairwear 2010 organizers. “I wanted to help People Tree produce a younger range because I was excited by the idea of using fashion as a tool to alleviate poverty and knew it was something I could help make a difference with,” said the young British actress.
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Dr Sharma: Fair Trade foot soldier, activist and WFTO honorary member |
 Dr Sharma described himself as an academician who later turned into a social activist, a development worker and then a social entrepreneur. He was influenced by the independence movement in India in which Gandhi played an important part.
“The Gandhi movement, which promoted the idea of gram swaraj, based on local, appropriate models of economic upliftment of the poor, was inspiring,” he said. Charkha, the symbol of Gandhism, put stress on the creation of appropriate models of income generation based on sustainable production and consumption.
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BRAC chair Abed receives knighthood |
 Building Resources Across Communities (BRAC) founder and chair Fazle Hasan Abed has been named in the Queen’s New Year’s Honour List 2010 for his work tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and in some countries in Asia and Africa.
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Sana Hastakala celebrates 20 years of fair trading |
 On behalf of the entire WFTO network, we would like to congratulate Sana Hastakala on their 20th anniversary. 20 years of fair trading and giving livelihoods to small and marginalized craft producers is a huge achievement. Congratulations Sana Hastakala!
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First Arab Fair Trade Forum |
 The World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) welcomes with great pride the First Arab Fair Trade Forum on 5 to 7 December in Amman, Jordan. This event has shown that the Fair Trade movement in the Arab region is growing and making impact on the lives of the Arab people.
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Harry Potter star Emma Watson to launch new Fair Trade fashion line with People Tree |
 People Tree is delighted to announce the Spring/Summer 2010 collaboration with actress Emma Watson.
Launching in late February 2010, this exciting, long awaited collection brings a youthful and inspiring edge to Fair Trade fashion!
"I wanted to help People Tree produce a younger range because I was excited by the idea of using fashion as a tool to alleviate poverty and knew it was something I could help make a difference with. It has been the most incredible gap year project," said Emma Watson.
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Biggest European Fair Trade fair invites participants |
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LYON, France - The second European Fair Trade exposition is inviting entrepreneurs, wholesalers, retailers, academicians, professionals, Fair Trade supporters and students to witness and learn the second biggest gathering of Fair Trade producers, Fair Trade Organizations and professionals in the Fair Trade movement in Europe.
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World of Good receives 2009 Tech Awards for helping artisans earn decent wage through innovation |
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EMERYVILLE, Ca – The World of Good Development Organization is one of the recipients of the Tech Awards Laureates for applying technology to benefit humanity and sparking global change. Established in 2000, the Tech Awards recognizes 15 Laureates in five universal categories: education, equality, environment, economic development and health.
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