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Fair Trade Certified Article about an Indian Factory and Their Use of Community Development Funds, 2018

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Courtesy of Fair Trade Certified, "Meet Latha and Gautam, Mother and Son in Tirrupur," Fair Trade Certified, 2018

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This document highlights how a factory becoming Fair Trade Certified has helped the community in a variety of ways. It focuses on a worker's story from Bestitch Knits, a factory in Tiruppur, India, of a mother being able to use their community funds to send her son to college.  

Transcript of "Meet Latha and Gautam, Mother and Son in Tirrupur" Article

Source-Dependent Questions

  • How did the workers in this Fair Trade factory use their Community Development Funds?
  • What other successful projects has this Fair Trade factory been able to fund from their Community Development Funds?
  • How can this letter be used as evidence to support the idea that buying Fair Trade Certified commodities can be very beneficial?

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"Meet Latha and Gautam, Mother and Son in Tirrupur," Fair Trade Certified, 2018. Courtesy of Fair Trade Certified