Have a blessed new year 2012!

Season's Greetings from WFTO!

A great thank you from Fair Trade Lebanon to all the WFTO management, members, friends and patners worldwide! May you have the warmest greetings!

Are you ready for Christmas?

Join us at the AFKART Christmas exhibition held in BIEL (Hall 3) from December 16th until the 22nd for some real festive spirit, gift packages and plenty of tastings!

A bientot, see you there!

Au marche de Noël !

Christmas Market at l'Institut Francais du Liban!

Fair Trade Lebanon will be present at the Marché de Noel organized by the French Institute of Lebanon (by the French Embassy).

From December 7th until the 10th, Lebanese artisans and local NGOs will be there to sell paintings, accessories, pottery, candles, chocolate and local produce!

All gift ideas to suit your taste!

Practical Info:

Entrance: Free

Hall: Espace des Lettres

Damascus road, Beirut

Tel: 01 420 200

www.institutfrancais-liban.com

Opening Time:

Wed 7th, Thu 8th and Friday 9th: 1:00 PM until 7:30 PM

Saturday 10th: 10 AM until 3 PM

See you there!

...Are you looking for Christmas gifts?

....Stay tuned!

Fair Trade Lebanon will be in two Christmas exhibitions in less than 15 days!

FTL at the school of Saint-Coeur Kfarhbab!

Fair Trade Lebanon gave two conferences to students (aging from 9 till 13 years old) at the school of Saint-Coeur Kfarhbab! Our conferences revolved around the theme of Lebanese food-processing cooperatives and Fair Trade as a means for rural development.

We've discussed in detail how cooperatives work: the  nature of their activity, the products they prepare, their location as well as their strengths and everyday challenges.

We've also introduced the principles of Fair Trade and the role that FTL plays as a link between small rural producers and consumers!

The audience was delighted! they are now eager to go visit and meet directly with the producers!



We will renew this experience real soon!

Our video: World Rural Woman's Day 2011

Fair Trade Lebanon has celebrated on Octobre 15th the World Rural Woman's Day at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Zahle and the Bekaa. Our producers came together to discuss their experiences and promote their activities around the principles of Fair Trade.

This video reveals some precious testimonies!

A word of thank you goes to all of our partner producers who were present with us and showed a great deal of solidarity!

Thank You All!

Le Liban en France: very positive feedback

What an amazing feeling...to be there in Paris and feel the enthusiasm and nostalgia of people looking for their hometown specialties. We've sold our complete stock of products...we could've even sold the pictures that were decorating the stand! No I'm just kidding...I believe that what I want to say is that we would have definitely stayed longer if we could, and we would've loved to continue to tell our story and promote the work of our small fair trade producers. Their products were such a success that we came back home with an amazing dynamism.

We will keep going forward and bring you even better and more innovative products. Paris, we love you. And we will be back....

To all our supporters, all the new people we met and all the volunteers who gave us a hand and helped us through those 3 full days of exhibition: Thank you so much!



FTL : Le Liban en France

Le Liban en France? Here we come!

Ahla w sahla fikon bi Baris!

"La France au Liban" in 2010 in Beirut and "Le Liban en France” in Paris in 2011, two events, one goal: To boost business relationships between the French and Lebanese.

In order to promote Lebanese products in France, the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris, the Franco-Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of France, are organizing from october 28th until the 30th, an event of great dimension held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, and entitled “Le Liban en France” (Lebanon in France)!

The objective of this event is to allow Lebanese companies to meet with new professional contacts and investors and to promote their products and services to the grand public.

Le Liban en France is an opportunity to discover a new culture, a new story, that of Lebanon. Fair Trade Lebanon will be there to exhibit its range Terroirs du Liban. We invite you all to come and visit our stand; you will definitly not regret it and will go back home with an amazing gourmet selection:

Baba ghannouj, Hummus ready to eat, Pomegranate molasses, Traditionnal Lebanese soaps from Tripoli, Sirops, Virgin olive oil, Spices and the list goes on! of course, all natural with 0 additives nor colorants!!

We are waiting for you! Pictures will be uploaded starting this Friday!

Practical Information:
Location: Palais des Congres (2, Place de la Porte Maillot, 75017 Paris)
Halls: PASSY A, B, and C
Dates: From Friday 28th until Sunday 30th of October, 2011
Time: From 10:00 AM until 8:00PM

Entrance: Free

October 15th: Happy Rural Woman's Day!

For the third consecutive year, the NGO Fair Trade Lebanon (FTL) commemorates the World Rural Women’s Day. This day is celebrated worldwide on October 15th to recognize the great effort and dedication of rural women in our societies, while stressing on the importance of their activities within the agricultural sector, vital to our economy.

On this occasion, and under the theme “Women at the heart of Fair Trade: Exchanges and Cooperation”, FTL invited all its partners, more than 15 food processing cooperatives on Saturday October 15th 2011 at the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Zahle and the Bekaa, in order to meet, exchange experiences and build a cooperation model based on the principles of fair trade.

In fact, since its creation in 2006, Fair Trade Lebanon works to promote Fair Trade, an alternative trading model that aims to help small producers by providing them with sales opportunities and offering them a fair price for their products. Moreover, in 2010, FTL has become member of the world fair trade organization (WFTO), and has hence given a global dimension to the cause of Lebanese producers.

The program of the day began at 9:30 AM by a word of welcome. It was be followed by a presentation on Fair Trade and its fundamental principles, as well as testimonies from women producers. Fair Trade Lebanon has also announced the project of establishing a platform for agricultural cooperatives as members of the international fair trade network represented in Lebanon by FTL.