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GROWING FAIRNESS
source: www.fairtrade.net/sites/
impact/facts.html
www.worldshops.org
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1969: the 1st fair trade shop – ‘worldshop’ - opens in the Netherlands...
... only 2 years later, the country hosted about 120 shops selling products from small and marginalized producers of the world’s Southern hemisphere:- today, about 4,000 Fair Trade organisations operate in over 60 countries worldwide;
- within Europe, at least 2,500 ‘worldshops’ offer fairly traded products and campaign for a fairer world trade system. Moreover, about 100,000 volunteers are actively involved in their activities.
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