HOPE IN THE FACE OF POVERTY:
FAIR TRADE FOR EASTER
On Easter morning, children across America will wake up to find sweet chocolate in their Easter baskets. However, for the farmers who grow the cocoa used in making chocolate, the taste isn't always so sweet. Low cocoa prices have meant severe poverty and even child slavery for many families in West Africa, tainting chocolate with the bitterness of social injustice.
Make sure your Easter chocolate gives farmers a fair deal, by purchasing Fair Trade chocolate through the LWR Chocolate Project. Fair Trade guarantees farmers a fair price and humane working conditions. The LWR Chocolate Project features Divine brand chocolate in seven varieties, including Divine Chocolate Mini Eggs exclusively for Easter.
Also available are 3.5 oz Divine White Chocolate bars, containing real, Fair Trade cocoa butter—a delightful treat for anyone's Easter basket – on sale at a 20% discount until May 1. The Divine Chocolate Mini Eggs and Divine White Chocolate bars—along with four other varieties of chocolate bars—are available to order online or by phone at 1-888-294-9660. Supplies of the chocolate eggs are limited and going fast so order today!
“A bite of Fair Trade chocolate means a lot to farmers,” says Kwabena Ohemeng-Tinyase, managing director of the Kuapa Kokoo cocoa cooperative in Ghana, which grows the cocoa used in Divine Chocolate. “It opens the doors to development and gives children access to healthcare, education and a decent standard of living.”
The hope that Christians share at Easter is a hope not only for ourselves and our families, but for all of God's children. As you celebrate the hope of Easter, bring hope to cocoa farmers by making your chocolate purchases through the LWR Chocolate Project. Click here or call 1-888-294-9660 to place your order today!
HANDS CRAFT HOPE
Just in time for Easter, the new Spring/Summer 2006 LWR Handcraft Project catalog is available. The free full-color catalog features more than 500 fairly traded products—beautiful items including Easter gifts, baskets, jewelry, home décor and more, all skillfully handmade by artisans around the world.
Every purchase made through the LWR Handcraft Project supports artisans by paying them a fair price, treating them with respect, and providing skills and literacy training, access to basic health care, and low-interest loans or credit. Artisan groups also invest in community development projects such as building safe water wells, funding elementary schools, and sponsoring public forums on topics ranging from women's rights to nutrition.
You can also make a world of difference by hosting an LWR Fair Trade Fair in your parish or community with fairly traded handcrafts from the LWR Handcraft Project. Every sale benefits the artisans who create these products—and your parish and community members get high-quality, beautiful crafts.
To request a free copy of the LWR Handcraft Project catalog, or to request an LWR Fair Trade Fair packet, call 1-888-294-9660 or click here.
