FAIR TRADE QUIZ NIGHTOn Saturday 12th November there will be a Fair Trade Quiz Night starting at 7:30pm, at the Rowing Club in Riverside. It is a general knowledge quiz – no need to be an expert in Fair Trade! Tickets cost £3 and are available from 01786 473750 or at the door. There will be a cash bar. The event will raise money to support the development of an African fair trade producer called Eswatini Kitchen. Eswatini (meaning ‘in Swaziland’) Kitchen was set up in 1991 by a Catholic priest, Father Larry McDonnell and an Anglican nun Sister Judith Dean O.B.E., to create employment in Swaziland for disadvantaged communities, and to generate income for Manzini Youth Care, a non-government organization caring for children affected by HIV/AIDS. Eswatini has grown from a small cottage industry to a successful project producing quality products including curry sauce, jams, marmalade and chutney which are exported to 14 international destinations including Japan, Europe, U.K, America and Australia. Eswatini has recently become a registered member of COFTA, the Cooperation for Fair Trade in Africa. Eswatini Swazi Kitchen is wholly owned by Manzini Youth Care.Fair trade coffee morning and craft fairThis takes place on Saturday 5th November from 10 to 12.30 at the Rowing Club in Riverside. Admission is free. Mary McCulloch from Fair Trade Stirling said, “Come to our community event where you can enjoy fair trade tea, coffee and home baking and lively chat. There will be ample opportunity to browse fairly traded and locally crafted gifts, as well as stocking up on all your Traidcraft essentials.” The event will raise funds for Traidcraft, an organisation which fights poverty through trade, helping people in developing countries to transform their lives. |