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EMG is not strictly a member of this network, which is dedicated to representing small-farmers and farm-workers in the fair trade system. However, we have a close afinity with it having helped to get it established. The Association for Fairness in Trade (AFIT), which was formally launched in May 2005 and aims to provide a platform for better engagement of fair trade beneficiaries in the system that is supposed to serve them. EMG continues to act as secretariat to the network. EMG has been assisting small-farmers and farm worker committees producing for the fair trade market to establish a South African network of fair trade producers so that, as ultimate "beneficiaries", they can engage more powerfully with the fair trade system. AFIT is constituted as a voluntary association and its Constitution can be downloaded here (PDF 24KB). If you want to learn more about AFITs aims and objectives, download the powerpoint presentation (424KB) given at AFIT's launch. You can also have a look at AFIT newsletters for December 2005, September 2006 and May 2007 (134KB PDF). For more information contact the Chair, Nelie Kok at Eksteenskuil Farmers Association (054 461 0162) or Stephen Law at EMG (021 448 2881). . |