Equal Exchange focuses on education

Equal Exchange, the worker co-operative who helped pioneer Fair Trade food and beverages in the U.S., is now focusing in on children and education. Last year they introduced a new fundraising program to help both schools and farming communities around the world.

Instead of your regular book drive to help raise money for schools and groups, Equal Exchange offers a full line of Fair Trade products including chocolates, organic coffees, teas, cocoas, dried cranberries and roasted pecans.

In addition to selling products, students also get to learn about Fair Trade and how their shopping affects the world around them. Equal Exchange provides several educational tools to extend the concepts of fairness and sustainability into the classroom and engage students in the Fair Trade movement.

Fundraising: www.equalexchange.com/fundraiser

Educational Tools: www.equalexchange.com/fair-trade-fundraiser-program-educational-tools