Last week I visited a farm in Nicaragua participating in one of our pilots. One of the workers, Leonardo, is studying English on Saturdays Sundays when he doesn’t have to work . He is saving everything he can to pay for classes, and is seeking new opportunities in his life and to meet people from other countries. I visited him in the coffee field when he and other workers were ‘weeding’ with machetes. I greeted Leonardo in English, and he quickly responded back. I asked him if he would send a message to the people in our office in English and this is what he said:
Leonardo is part of the Fair Trade committee in this farm. They are just beginning to work in Fair Trade here and the workers are looking forward to seeing how they can use Fair Trade to improve things (working conditions, their communities) in the future.
I am happy to see these people are beginning to get the assitance they desire.
I’ve been in Nicaragua many times, and I have even driven up in the Mountains where Matagalpa is located
Thank you for commenting, Jeffrey. That region is beautiful and the farmers and workers producing coffee there are very hard working people.
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