When it comes to choosing gifts for our loved ones, many of us want to make sure that our purchases have a positive impact on the world. This is where fairtrade gifts come into play. Whether it’s fairtrade tea, fairtrade toys, or fairtrade accessories, buying from fairtrade companies can make a real difference in the lives of small-scale producers and farmers across the globe. Before you shop, take a look at a few of Interestingly Different’s fairtrade suppliers and read some of the benefits of choosing fairtrade gifts and how they contribute to a more sustainable and ethical world. 

Empowering Small-Scale Producers and Farmers

At the heart of the fairtrade movement is a commitment to uplift small-scale producers and farmers. Fairtrade standards ensure that these hardworking individuals are compensated with fair prices for their goods, a practice that significantly improves their ability to sustain their livelihoods. Fairtrade enables them to afford education for their children, healthcare for their families, and the opportunity to reinvest in their businesses. By choosing to purchase fairtrade gifts, you are helping to alleviate poverty and drive positive change in communities that are often overlooked by traditional markets.  

Nemi Teas

Nemi Teas are a specialist London-based social enterprise providing employment to refugees with the aim of giving them work experience to help them integrate into society. Nemi believes that everyone in the UK should have a decent quality of life and the opportunity to contribute to our society and its development. This positive organisation also ensures that the farmers and workers involved in tea production re compensated fairly, leading to improved living conditions, environmental management, healthcare, and education in the workers’ communities.   

Ethiqana

At Interestingly Different we sell high-quality wooden toys made by Ethiqana. Ethiqana are a fair-trade social enterprise supporting economic development with a focus on women. They aim to facilitate sustainable livelihoods for the artisan community who use traditional techniques passed down between generations. They also hope to rediscover sustainable materials whilst reducing dependence on plastics.  

Lost in Samsara

Lost in Samsara was founded in 2015 for people who wish to wear the values that they believe in. This wonderful fair-trade social enterprise recycles materials and transforms them into modern, ethical accessories, thereby creating employment opportunities for artisans from underprivileged backgrounds.