Comic Relief

Cash in Action
Trade

About the Issue

International trade benefits the world's richest countries but, for the poorest, it often takes out more than it gives back. Trade should be a means by which poor people can lift themselves out of poverty. However, because of international trade rules and practices that are unfairly biased in favour of the richest nations and companies, many poor countries simply cannot compete, and local producers and farmers can barely support their families.

Projects

Here is the work that Comic Relief is currently supporting through the Trade programme. To find out more, please click on the organisation's name in the list below.

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Region: Sudan
Organisation name: Practical Action (ITDG)
Amount: £500,000
Duration: 4 years

Region: Various
Organisation name: Twin
Amount: £742,800
Duration: 3 years
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Region: Uganda
Organisation name: Bees for Development Trust
Amount: £100,000
Duration: 2 years
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Region: Mali/ WCA (West & Central Africa)
Organisation name: OXFAM GB
Amount: £3,145,025
Duration: 5 years
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Region: South Africa
Organisation name: Gaia Foundation
Amount: £301,880
Duration: 3 years
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Region: Nicaragua, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama + Honduras
Organisation name: ACICAFOC
Amount: £239,200.00
Duration: 3 years

Region: Rwanda
Organisation name: Africa Now
Amount: £24,999.00
Duration: 12 months

Region: Tanzania
Organisation name: Environment Africa Trust
Amount: £282,450.00
Duration: 5 Years

Region: Uganda
Organisation name: Fullwell Mill Foods
Amount: £113,875.00
Duration: 2 Years

Region: Ethiopia
Organisation name: International Development Enterprises - UK
Amount: £391,870.00
Duration: 3 years

Region: Kenya
Organisation name: The Fairtrade Foundation
Amount: £51,725.00
Duration: 18 months

Region: India, Pakistan
Organisation name: The Fairtrade Foundation
Amount: £26,000.00
Duration: 6 months

Region: World Wide
Organisation name: The Fairtrade Foundation
Amount: £36,400.00
Duration: 12 months

Region: Africa Wide
Organisation name: The Fairtrade Foundation
Amount: £4,971,807.00
Duration: 5 Years

Region: Uganda, Ethiopia
Organisation name: The Fairtrade Foundation
Amount: £51,700.00
Duration: 1 year

Region:
Organisation name: Traidcraft Exchange
Amount: £26,600.00
Duration: 9 months

Region: Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon
Organisation name: Twin
Amount: £803,300.00
Duration: 4 years

Region: Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Dem. Rep. Congo, Kenya, Malawi
Organisation name: TWIN (Trading) Ltd
Amount: £450,000.00
Duration: 4 years

Region: Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique
Organisation name: TWIN (Trading) Ltd
Amount: £178,000.00
Duration: 2 years


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