Post by account_disabled on Feb 19, 2024 2:40:53 GMT -6
Valentine's Day and you without a gift? Don't worry, there are countless ways to say “I love you” to your loved one without getting caught up in the consumerist spirit of this calendar date. There are always gifts that are doubly special : they help us say how much we love a person and also contribute to helping families and communities in many parts of the planet. Do you know where we are going? This Valentine's Day can be very sweet and supportive if you choose to purchase a simple box of chocolates. In it there are not only small bites of chocolate but also the hope of changing the lives and environment in which many people reside. You guessed it: Fair Trade chocolates! As Maribel Villar, a cocoa producer in the community of Jaya, in the Dominican Republic, tells us, Fair Trade products mean for them the arrival of roads, a school or clinics, and equality between men and women. And that is why it gives us the key to choose them: Consumers can help producers and communities develop while consuming a good quality product.
What more can we ask for? fair-trade cocoa © Guadalupe de la Vallina (Maribel Villar working on her cocoa plantation) Still don't know everything you find in a box of Fair Trade chocolates? Healthy products: because they have been made with ingredients from organic farming. Ingredients such as corn and soy lecithin, guaranteed to be free of GMOs . Respect Asia Mobile Number List for the environment , because the cocoa or sugar have been grown and processed avoiding the use of products toxic to the planet or the overexploitation of the plots, and care has been taken to protect the biodiversity of the production areas. A guarantee of decent wages and equality between men and women , for farmers, men and women workers who have participated in the cultivation and manufacturing process. Security for children by guaranteeing the absence of child labor . A boost to development through access to education, training and health. A fight against traditional trade that promotes global poverty and inequality.
Progress for communities through infrastructure that guarantees, for example, access to drinking water or health centers. And, of course, chocolate. Lots of chocolate combined with ingredients from organic farming such as unrefined cane sugar from Paraguay or coffee beans from Mexico. Remember that a box of Fair Trade chocolates is a supportive way to say how much you love someone. In the online store and in the Oxfam Intermón solidarity stores you can find chocolate-covered coffee bean chocolates where the intensity of the coffee and the softness of the chocolate mix (irresistible!), or praline chocolates filled with hazelnut cream ( You won't be able to avoid falling into temptation!). Discover the other options and choose the one you like the most: there is a perfect one for him or her, waiting for you! Just a curious fact to finish. Among the most popular search lists on Google we find “ How to be happy ” in the first place of the most searched . What if happiness was found in the simplest things like a box of Fair Trade chocolates, bringing joy to loved ones and hope to producers? Let's celebrate that we have found the answer to the question.