One of the biggest lessons we can teach our children is respect – respect for themselves, respect for their friends and global peers, and respect for their environment. Respect lies at the core of the Fair Trade movement.
Cindy Hughes, a teacher and advocate of Fair Trade, wrote us recently to tell us how she’s reached the young people in her classroom in Wilmington, Delaware. One day at an away game, Cindy noticed the home team playing with one of our Fair Trade soccer balls.
A few inspiring lessons later, her classroom began to be aware of the impact Fair Trade can have on the world. Fair Trade principles extend well beyond the playing field (and vice versa). Respect taught in the classroom helps our young people understand the importance of respect in athletic activities. Respect for the other players is not the only respect we need to spread – but also respect for the workers who sew the balls, create the fields and craft the uniforms we wear. Fair Trade Sports believes that this global respect can change the world.
Changing the world starts with just one person – from Cindy in Delaware to the producers we pay fair prices in Pakistan and India. Just one Fair Trade purchase can mean a meal, an education and new hope for producers around the world. Fair Trade in sports (and the classroom) benefits everyone.
All this was accomplished with one soccer ball and some open-minded professionals who truly care about the future of our global youth! Cindy thanked us for the work we do here, but we thank her for making an impact on our future generation!
That Cindy lady rocks!
Hurray for Cindy! She knows how to make this a better place for all of us!!
We’re doing something similar up here in Westchester, NY. Nice to hear that we are not alone in our efforts!