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![Felix Ouma, a member of the Fairtrade Africa Premium Alumni Association (FAPAA) at his campus- Dedan Kimathi University of Technology in Nyeri, Kenya where he is undertaking his degree in Mechatronics Engineering.](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Felix-Ouma-banner-Credit-Fairtrade-Africa-768x384.jpg)
Felix Ouma: dreams fulfilled and plans for the future
When Felix Ouma graduates from university next year he will have completed a nine-year journey with Fairtrade that began in 2014
![yellow and green cocoa pods on base of tree and a pile of cocoa pods on the leafy ground, lit with dappled sunlight](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cocoa-pods-on-base-of-tree-768x433.jpg)
How Fairtrade is Tackling Child Labour
It’s the silent scourge of our globalized trade system: roughly 152 million children trapped in child labour, many of them working inside the global food chain. How can we eliminate child labour once and for all?
![Two women working in a tree nursery](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Climate-Academy-Fairtrade-International-2019-2-768x432.jpg)
‘We all need a healthy planet to thrive’ – Q&A with Fairtrade’s Climate Advisor
A Q&A with Fairtrade’s Climate Advisor on our mission to tackle climate change.
![Feliciano Quispe Torres, Puerto Oro, COINACAPA, stands holding a cane in front of sacks of produce](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Feliciano-Quispe-Torres-Puerto-Oro-COINACAPA-Bolivia©Eduado-Martino-crop-1-768x432.jpg)
Brazil nut co-operatives in Bolivia build a safer, fairer industry
by Bernadette Coote Liberation Foods. An article published a couple of weeks ago in the Guardian ‘The forgotten people picking…
![Woman with solar lamp](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Lady-with-solar-lamp-768x576.jpg)
Growing eco-friendly energy access through coffee co-operatives in Uganda
Three Fairtrade co-ops in rural Uganda are seeking new ways to help their members access not just power, but clean and reliable solar energy.
![Fairtrade coffee farmer Esperanza Suazo Saenz](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Esperanza-Suazo-Saenz-Fairtrade-coffee-farmer-768x512.jpg)
5 ways choosing Fairtrade supports farmers to adapt to climate change
Five inspiring ways farmers and Fairtrade are tackling the effects of climate change.
![Hessian sack full of cocoa beans being sewn closed](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FTF_CDI_02-19-0432-768x512.jpg)
After hope comes fear for the future following drop in price of cocoa
After hope fears for the future: Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa farmers warn that a drop of 25% in the price they…
![Shantiben Charda a Fairtrade-certified cotton farmer picking cotton in Rapar district, Gujarat, India.](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FLO25403__scr-768x512.jpg)
How you can support Indian cotton farmers through the pandemic
by Subindu Garkhel Senior Cotton and Textiles Lead Fairtrade. Cotton farmers are integral to the creation of many of our…
![Wine bottles lying in a rack](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Wine-bottles-768x432.jpg)
A fair future for South African wine
The wine sector is slowly recovering from a difficult 2020. We spoke to wine producers to understand the impact of the pandemic.
![Portrait of Carlos Molina, a Fairtrade farmer reaching up next to a bunch of bananas](https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Carlos-Molina-768x432.jpg)
‘A fighting chance’: how banana farmers are confronting climate change
Behind every Instagram post of a delicious looking banana loaf is the story of a farmer thousands of miles away, struggling to make ends meet.