Helpful: premium for community projects
The Max Havelaar Fairtrade label includes a premium for community
projects such as fresh water wells, schools and more.
Not everything is self-evident
Schools, fresh water or a visit to the doctor: we take such things for granted, but not everyone can.
Particularly those who live in developing countries.
That's why the Max Havelaar Fairtrade label means a binding fair
trade premium for community projects. It is the only label to
do so. The premium goes directly from every
purchase to a separate premium account for the flower farms.
Who decides how to use the money?
The workers decide what they will do with this money at
democratically conducted meetings.
They may want to build fresh water wells or schools,
or subsidise visits to the doctor.
Let's take the Inversiones
Ponte Tresa flower farm in Cayambe, Ecuador as an example:
its workers receive health insurance and medical care for
themselves and their families. The premium has also funded a
large number of scholarships for workers and their children.
In addition,
an instructor was hired to give computer courses.
Not least, micro-credits of up to 500 US dollars out of the
Fairtrade premium are on offer. These are mostly used for
building homes,
new business start-ups and to support businesses run by women.
More topics about Fairtrade Max Havelaar
Fleurop & Fairtrade Max Havelaar - for more fairness
Learn here how you can help employees of the flower plantations overcome poverty and create better living conditions.
Helpful: premium for community projects
The Max Havelaar Fairtrade label includes a premium for community projects such as fresh water wells, schools and more.
Protecting the environment and people
Fairtrade Max Havelaar certified plantations follow strict regulations to protect the environment and groundwater, as well as the use of fertilizers and sprays.
Who is Max Havelaar?
In a novel, Max Havelaar is a colonial official who exposes serious misconducts by his superiors and challenges the entire colonial system.
Find out which farm your rose comes from
Via code, you can trace every Fleurop rose back to the producing rose farm and find out what it does with the Fairtrade premium.
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