During my visit to my home city of Manchester I attended the North West Regional Fair Trade Conference.
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Itinerary for the day
It was lovely to hear Brad Hill - Fair Trade Director at the Cooperative talk about Fair Trade
Brad Hill's Presentation
Brad Hill of the Cooperative Supermarket UK
We then heard from Marion Nduta Nganga of the Coffee Growers Association.
Marion's Nduta Nganga's Presentation
Marion Nduta Nganga Project Manager Women of Coffee Growers Project,
Fairtrade Africa
Followed by a workshop presented by Adam Gardner of the Fairtrade Foundation.
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It was a thoroughly enjoyable intensive day and I was exhausted by its end and had to rest my poor shoulder.
Many thanks to Chrisi, Adam and the Fairtrade Foundation team for organising this event.
Guest comments photos to be added
Brad Hill
Growing Women in Coffee Project Fairtrade Africa
Banana Association Panama
This month I continued to recover from my right shoulder treatment.
I remotely attend two webinars about 'Understanding the home décor
and textile and apparel market.'
These webinars were organised by ITC.
This month I continued to recover from my right shoulder treatment.
I managed to attend a World Social Enterprise Day 2024 remote webinar.
I have updated my blog I wrote in 2021 about living with invisible disabilities and chronic pain.
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