A different world lies beneath our visions as refugees struggle to find any form of identity or belonging in a country that will not accept them. Thousands of Burmese refugees […]
Empowering ethnic Burmese women through weaving
7 Things We Learned About Gender at the Asia Fair Trade Summit
On October 19-22nd, 2016, WFTO-Asia members and friends gathered at Sampran Riverside Resort for the Asia Fair Trade Summit. For the first time, this biennial event incorporated an overarching theme […]
Fair Trade Helps Women Rebuild Their Lives
Author: Bianca Caruana, The Altruistic Traveller On November 8th 2013 category 5 Typhoon Yolanda decimated the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, leaving catastrophic carnage to some of the Philippines poorest […]
Land is Life – Farmer’s Fight for Justice in the Philippines
Author: Bianca Caruana, The Altruistic Traveller Their world grows rapidly, a world that has forgotten about them; man-made structures pummel the once baron green lands where many of them have stood […]