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ONE BILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY
People such as Al-Hassan, a rice farmer in Ghana, who earns just US$215 per year. That's not nearly enough to pay for his family's food, clothing, medicines or schooling. It doesn't have to be like this. Al-Hassan could make a living if he could trade his rice for a decent price.
Trade could help Al-Hassan - and millions of others - to make a decent living. Unfortunately, rigged rules and double standards in international trade keeps millions trapped in poverty. That is why Oxfam International launched the Make Trade Fair campaign.
In the five years since its launch over 10 million people throughout the world have added their voice to the Big Noise petition. You can add yours by visiting Make Trade Fair.com
We also ask all myspacers to add Make Trade Fair as a friend and add it to your top eight so all visitors to your profile can see the link.
Together we seek to build the kind of movement that has brought an end to apartheid, banned the use of landmines, and made real progress in reducing third world debt. The ambition is great and the task is not easy but we believe if this campaign succeeds, the lives of poor communities could be transformed in a way never seen before.
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If you have any questions regarding the campaign please contact me at Oxfam . I'm afraid I won't answer any myspace messages as it takes to long to sort the spam from the genuine queries.

My Blog

The Cake Sale

A band called The Cake Sale have released an album today with all profits going towards the Make Trade Fair campaign. The band is a mixture of songwriters and musicians including Damien Rice, Nina Per...
Posted by Make Trade Fair on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:34:00 PST

Make Trade Fair and Starbucks

Oxfam pushes Starbucks to help Ethiopia get a fair share of its coffee profits More than a year ago, the Ethiopian government approached Starbucks global HQ in Seattle and asked the company to recogni...
Posted by Make Trade Fair on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:02:00 PST