Asia Representative Election

The election for the Asia Representative to the WFTO Global Board will take place during the 2024 WFTO Asia Annual General Meeting in Cape Town. The election will be done via electronic voting only. Your voting choices will remain 100% anonymous.

Eligible WFTO members in Asia will receive a unique one time vote link on September 16, 2024 8:00 AM South African Standard Time (UTC/GMT+2), which can be used only once.

Voting Period: Electronic voting will be from September 16, 2024 8:00 AM to September 19, 2024 4:30 PM South African Standard Time (UTC/GMT+2).

List of Candidates for the Asia Representative Position

Below is a list of the candidates and their profiles:

List of eligible WFTO Asia voters:

2nd Innings Handicrafts Pvt Ltd – I was a Sari (IWAS)
Aame Artisan Producer Company Limited
Allain Baigent Group (added 10/09/24)
Aromacosmos
Artisan Links (former Zardozi-Markets for Afghan Artisans (ZE))
Artisan Well
Asha Handicrafts Association
Asia Fairtrade Network Trading Company (AFNTC)
Association for Craft Producers (ACP)
Auromira Exports
BaSE (Bangladesh Hosto Shilpo Ekota Sheba Songshta)
Beautiful Coffee
Biansa Home
Café Timor
CCAP Fairtrade for Development, Inc.
CHILDREN-Nepal
CORR – The Jute Works
CRC (Craft Resource Center)
Creative Handicrafts
Crossroads Foundation Ltd.
DEW Crafts (added 10/09/24)
Dhaka Handicrafts Ltd.
Earth Heir
Earthman
ECOTA National Fair Trade Network of Bangladesh
Equitable Marketing Association (EMA)
Everest Fashion
Fair Seeds/Fair Trees
Fair Trade Forum India (FTF-I)
Fair Trade Group Nepal (FTGN)
Flowering Desert
Forum Fair Trade Indonesia (FFTI)
Gemcorp Recycling & Technologies Pvt Ltd
Get Paper Industry (GPI)
Giang Pham Footwear Co., Ltd. (formerly Giang Pham Leather Shoes Trading Co., Ltd)
GONGGI handicrafts
Gospel House Handicrafts (PVT) LTD
Green Net Cooperative
HaLinh Rattan and Bamboo Company Limited
Hasiru Dala Innovations Private Limited
Hatale Udhyog
Hesed Agriculture Trading Co., Ltd.
Himalayan Freedom Co
Homeland Development Initiative Foundation (HDIF)
Hong Kong Fair Trade Power
Incense Collective PVT. LTD. (added 10/09/24)
Indonesian People’s handicraft foundation (Pekerti)
Joyya
Kanchanjanha Tea Estate
Korea Fair Trade Organization (KFTO)
Kumbeshwar Technical School (KTS)
La Plantation Management Co., Ltd.
Lanka Upcycles / Rice and Carry
Last Forest Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
Mahaguthi Craft with Conscience
Mai Savanh Lao
Manushi
MAROMA
Mehera Shaw Textiles Pvt. Ltd.
Mereville Trust (added 13/09/24)
MESH (Maximizing Employment to Serve the Handicapped)
Mianyang Tianhong Silk Co., Ltd
Mitra Bali Fair Trade
MKS Export Ltd
N. Ranga Rao & Sons Pvt. Ltd.
Naturveda Biotech Pvt Ltd
Nepali Paper Products Pvt. Ltd
New Skill and Development Learning Experience (New SADLE)
Noah’s Ark International Exports
NPO EAST ASIA COEXISTENCE CULTURE CENTER
Oasis Transformation Limited (OTL)
Panay Fair Trade Center
Paper Art Viet Company Limited
Pebble Hathay Bunano Proshikon Society (HBPS)
People’s Org. For Dev. Import and Export (PODIE)
Prokritee
PT XSProjek Mitra Kreasi
Purnaa Enterprises
Pushpanjali Fair Trade (P) Ltd (PFT)
SAFFY, Inc.
Saidpur Enterprises (SE)
Sana Hastakala P. Ltd.
Sasha Association for Craft Producers
Selyn Exporters (pvt) Ltd
SETU
SIPA Fair Deal Trust (added 05/09/24)
SMATERIA (added 02/09/24)
Soap-n-Scent
Sreepur Village Trade
Tara Projects
Thai Tribal Crafts Fair Trade Co. Ltd.
Thanapara Swallows Development Society
Ticket to the Moon – PT. Ayunan Bulan International
Training, Assistance and Rural Advancement NGO (TARANGO) – Handicraft Programme
Ullim Fair Trade Inc
Usha Exim
Villageworks Cambodia Co.,Ltd
WEAVE (Women’s Education for Advancement and Empowerment)
WSDO – Women’s Skills Development Organization

Members will have until September 2, 2024 to review the list. Any questions or concerns regarding eligibility should be reported to the WFTO Asia Election Committee ([email protected]) within this period.

Any inquiries or complaints regarding the election process should also be addressed to [email protected]. These will be promptly addressed, with the aim of maintaining the integrity of the election process.