Thursday, April 8, 2010

You don't need 500 dollars !


Urgent need to escape?!


Grab your backpack and sunglasses and follow Fair Trade Lebanon.

Yesterday our team chose to work outside of our Beiruti office and chase some nature! We drove up to Deir El Ahmar.

You don't need to pay those 500 dollars to travel abroad and vent out. You got it all right here in Lebanon!

The city can be very overwhelming and our day was a real escape and a reason to look into the core topics of our organization. Today we are at a crossroad in our projects. Diverse opportunities are laying ahead for us.


The whole program had a participative approach, we all shared our impressions and reviewed together our strategies, redefined our objectives for the future and the nature of the image we want to send out.

What is it that we are promoting? Are we only showing our managerial expertise or are we tackling the real deal? Fair Trade is about responsibility. It begins with the small producers we accompany and goes into every other part of the work. Responsibility of starting a project and pursuing it, responsibility of looking for quality and providing it always, responsibility of lifting all of our partners with us, responsibility of preserving our weak land;

We hold on tight to our mission and want to remain a vehicle for our disadvantaged producers. Tempted by their empowerment and working to their benefit.

Back in 2006, Fair Trade Lebanon was a test, a dream for some and a craziness for others. Only 3 people managed it when orders were made, once or twice a year.
Today, we represent a total of 10 people: full timers, coordinators, interns and 5 dedicated founders. Along with the members of the cooperatives, we are one big family.

The brand Terroirs du Liban has crossed many borders and has made it to France, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Holland. All thanks to team work, spirit and belief in Fair Trade and in Lebanon.


Our green journey was very refreshing and has left us all oh so grateful..
Thank You.

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