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Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! Facts § Africa's main problem is poverty, disease and illiteracy, § Green revolution did not have a profound improvement in food production due to harsh climatical conditions and poor land tenure system § Scarce resources leads to social conflicts which at times leads to armed disputes § Africans are hardworking and able to produce products like flowers among other goods © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! Facts ü Flower production with a guaranteed market offers jobs to many Africans giving them a income that pushes them above the $2 per day poverty line ü February 2008, Kenya surpassed the 2011 flower exports even a midst closer of other sectors due to PEV. ü Finlays is the largest fairtrade producer in Africa employing 22, 000 people (13% of total FT employees in the world) ü All the three regions that Finlays operate are pillars of peace for Kenya(Kericho, Naivasha, Mt Kenya) © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! Facts ü Kericho- employs over 14000 people who lie in the farms and did not fight one another in 2007 -2008 P. E. V. despite its location inside the Kalenjin land, ü Naivasha- an epicenter of the PEV violence was in production too during the PEV, ü Mt Kenya- From Isiolo (59 km from Timau where Finlays farms are located) all the way to Ethiopia boarder every herder caries a gun to protect their animals ü (Hadija 17 yr old Maasai girl, in Huruma home for the destitute for five years) © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! End Poverty and Hunger ü Improved salaries and wages now standing at over 2 $ daily, ü Posho mills and cooperative stores supply affordable foods to the workers through FT premium, ü subsidized hot meals available , ü Increased job creation through the expanding farms ü Improved capacity building has improved the workers earnings and opens social mobility, ü Revolving funds and loans through FT premium enables workers' to set up small businesses which supplement family income ü Sustainable food production projects like the poultry etc © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! Universal primary education ü Over 50 new classes have been built through the FT premium enabling over 3000 pupils to get education, ü Schools renovated and equipped with desks and other running materials ü Clean water availed through storage tanks and bore holes ü School feeding programmes for pre-primary children ü FT premium has been used in bursaries' for workers children in secondary schools (Joyce Naliaka) © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! Gender Equality ü Women are taking leadership positions after training and capacity building through the FT premium. ü Projects for girl child funded by premium ST loice girls Nanyuki © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! Child Health ü FT premium has been used in helping children homes, ü Children crèches have been built in the farms; ü New health facilities have been built e. g. Naivasha Women care centre, ü Free mosquito nets to the workers protects children from killer Malaria mosquito ü Vaccination campaigns against typhoid and hepatitis b a major breakthrough. © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! Maternal Health ü The 90 days maternity leave a major boost to maternal health ü Improved working conditions with proper PIP for mothers ü Subsidized family planning facilities ü New maternity facilities like 100 bed Naivasha Women care centre, Usa River maternity ward in Tanzania/ ü Better living conditions from Ft home improvements programs like gas cookers and solar panels © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! Combat HIV/AIDS ü Wellness committees which take care of HIV campaigns and other communicable diseases have been funded by FT premiums ü special feeding programs for the HIV positive workers funded by premium ü At Finlays this program has improved HIV awareness by 300% sinception © Fairtrade 2010

Fairtrade Flowers for peace in Africa! Global Partnership ü FT premium is the best way that global partnership can be achieved. ü The premium acts as a seed that spurs development once it germinates and blooms under the care of FT stringent monitoring and evaluation ü 30% of the funding for the naivasha women care centre is from premium, ü 970 babies born in two months July/august- two mothers occupied a bed each in the new building © Fairtrade 2010

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