This winter we ended our Grace Fair Trade sales. The ministry never made a profit, and any money received went to buy more products to sell. After the final sales, we had $1665.21 in our account and no plans to buy more products.
Wanting to honor the spirit of Fair Trade the Mission Distribution Team gave the money to two organizations that work with Fair Trade farmers and products. The first is Just Coffee, or Café Justo.
Just Coffee is located in Chiapas, Mexico and is an outreach of the PCUSA and Presbyterian Church of Mexico. Just Coffee works to pay farmers fair wages to grow and harvest coffee beans and then employs workers to turn the beans into coffee. We sent Just Coffee $1000.
We sent $665.21 to Alternative Gifts International for their work with Sustainable Harvest International which empowers local farmers in rural Central America. We are grateful for the Grace Fair Trade ministry and the way it now lives on through these two organizations.
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