Together, with fellow Fairtrade organisations like Cafédirect and The Fairtrade Foundation  we are well positioned to build on the legacy of Traidcraft – each in unique ways, while fair trade and ethical businesses in the UK continue to trade, proving every day that business can be done in ways which nourish people and protect the planet we all rely on.

We know that the need, and consumers desire for Fairtrade is more relevant than ever. 

If you have previously bought from Traidcraft, whether to run a stall, to stock your business or for personal use, you can buy Divine Chocolate directly from us. Please get in touch by filling in a trade application form: http://www.divinechocolate.com/page/trade-form 

Together, we can create fairer futures for all.  

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Aubrey and Ndiuzayani are representatives from Kasinthula Cane Growers Association. Their Fairtrade certified sugar has been making Divine sweet since 2005. They have 762 members who produce about 8,000 tonnes of sugar. But things have been hard for them.

Aubrey described how they had suffered a lot, recently from floods that damaged their irrigation pumps and droughts created power cuts, without water the sugar cane cannot survive. They have also had big challenges with the value of their local currency and the world price of sugar.

Ndiuzayani was keen to describe how the farmers decide at their Annual General Meeting how they are going to use their Fairtrade premiums. Over the years they have used them to buy farming machinery, to build a school, a medical clinic, and better homes, they have sunk water wells and electrified some of the villages. She also said that she was a Fairtrade product as her father died when she was young and her mother has been able to pay for her education through the Fairtrade premium, now she has a degree and is a teacher!

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