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WELCOME!
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Ninety percent of the world’s cocoa is grown by families on
small farms of 12 acres or
less.
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Did you know that most cocoa farmers have never
tasted a chocolate bar?
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In fact, most people who grow cocoa cannot afford even basic health care,
nutrition, education, and sanitation.
Why?
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While cocoa is one of the world’s most traded
commodities, most of its riches go to the
middlemen, not the farmers.
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That means cocoa farmers have difficulty covering their basic costs of production, let
alone providing for their basic needs.
Is this the recipe for dignity?
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But there is another way. . .
through fair trade!
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Fair trade means that the farmers get a fair price for
their crop.
It’s kind of like a global minimum wage.
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For example, take Ghana, a country in West Africa, where
people are critically dependent on cocoa.
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There, cocoa revenues account for more than 33
percent of the country’s total export earnings.
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Low cocoa prices have meant severe poverty and even child slavery
for thousands of families in West Africa, tainting
chocolate with the bitterness of
social injustice.
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But in Ghana, 40,000 cocoa farmers have united to form Kuapo Kokoo (“good cocoa
farmer”)
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In this democratic co-
op, farmers pool together to sell their
crop directly to the
international market.
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The co-op then reinvests profits to gain more dignified
livelihoods for its members. . .
. . .think schools, wells, medical clinics, food, clothing. . .providing for community and family. . . what do you need to maintain dignity?
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The LWR Chocolate Project
challenges chocolate lovers to
put faith into action and give cocoa farmers a
fair deal.
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By choosing fair trade chocolate for fundraisers,
gifts, or to enjoy personally, Lutherans ensure that cocoa farmers earn the
income they need to feed their families, educate their
children, seek medical care
and improve their communities.
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How can you participate in the LWR Chocolate Project?
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Teach your youth about
justice and fair trade by using
the LWR Chocolate
Project as a fundraiser.
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Host a fair trade chocolate
fair in your parish or
community.
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Include fair trade chocolate in
welcome baskets for visitors or new members in your
parish.
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And wouldn’t this be a tasteful way to thank Sunday school teachers and other parish
volunteers?!
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Learn more about LWR’s other fair trade projects:
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For more information:www.lwr.org/chocolate
www.lwr.org/coffeewww.lwr.org/handcraft
1-800-LWR-LWR-2