Calendar
DECEMBER
7th
Christmas Event
Llangefni Town clock, 5pm. Carol service/ Fair Trade event, including a performance by the FUW male choir. For details email h.williams_fuw@btinternet.com
12th
Food, sustainability and Fair Trade Conference
Llanfyllin High School, Montgomeryshire. organized by Wales-Uganda Link Dolen Ffermio. For more information or to book a place phone Emyr Owen 01938 811299.
19th
Fun Day
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
See our Fair Trade Father Christmas!
Click for more details...
JANUARY
16th
North East Fair Trade regional social
Menai Bridge, 10.00am – 2.30pm. Email kate@fairtradewales.com to book.
FEBRUARY
22nd February - 7th March
Fair Trade Fortnight
For more details visit: www.fairtrade.org.uk. |
Take
Action
A great way to get publicity for your campaign and to let tourists know where to go for a nice Fairtrade cuppa is to work with your local tourist board to get a mention in your town’s visitor guide and website and to ask them to keep a supply of your Fair Trade directories. I met quite a few tourist boards at a recent tourism event and all were really keen to make sure that Fair Trade was included in local guides.
Click here to download a list of contact details for the local tourist boards. If you would like any help in talking to the local tourist board then let me know! Kate@fairtradewales.com 02920 191 399. |
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Urgent! We are in desperate need of Welsh speaking Schools assessors!
We're looking for Fair Trade Schools Assessors. We are on the hunt for a Welsh speaking assessor...we've been searching for a few months and still haven't found anyone! If you're a Welsh speaker and can spare some volunteer time, please get in touch with us. Becoming an assessor is a very rewarding experience, you will see some fantastic Fair Trade work from schools. We want to ensure that schools can carry out their work through the medium of Welsh, but with no-one to assess their work in Welsh, we are currently struggling to offer this.
WELSH SPEAKERS....PLEASE GET IN TOUCH! schools@fairtradewales.com or phone 02920 803293

Fair
Trade News
Make it a Fair Trade Christmas
Following a design competition with the students of theNewport School of Fashion, Fair Trade Wales selected the winning design for a Fair Trade Father Christmas suit. The winner is Claire Andrew who came up with a traditional design for a suit made entirely from Fair Trade materials and Welsh wool. The beautiful suit can be seen in Anglesey on 7th December, in Conwy and in Cardiff at the National Museum on 19th December. Next year the suit will be made available to all Fair Trade groups to help raise awareness about the importance of supporting farmers home and abroad at Christmas time. To read the press release click here...

Fair Trade on the fourth plinth! - Louise Edwards, a Fair Trade supporter from Conwy took to the famous fourth plinth in London. The fourth plinth is an art instillation by Anthony Gormley where members of the public get an hour on the plinth. Louise decided to shout about Fair Trade while she was up there - well done Louise! To view Louise on the plynth visit www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/loubylou

15 years of Fairtrade - Ann Hemmingway, the Chairperson of Fair Trade Wales went to 10 Downing Street to join in the Fairtrade Foundation’s 15th anniversary celebrations. The event was hosted by Sarah Brown and other guests included Harry Hill and George Alagiah. For more information about 15 years of Fairtrade visit www.fairtrade.org.uk

Yummm Fair Trade cupcakes! - Softspot Cupcakes are a new business based in Cardiff who produce cupcakes made with lots of delicious Fair Trade ingredients. For more information or to order visit http://www.softspotcupcakes.co.uk/

Correction to the last newsletter- in October’s newsletter there was a story about Fair Trade petrol from Switzerland. Please note this should have read ‘Fair Trade’ petrol, as the petrol is not Fairtrade certified. |
Helpful
Info for Fair Trade Groups
Template press release
Our recent media volunteer Liz Rawlins put together a template press release for Fairtrade Town groups that can be used and adapted for your activities. You can download the press release at the resources page of our website.

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Fairtrade Fortnight 2010
For a general overview about Fairtrade Fortnight click here.
To see where the Fair Trade producer will be visiting and when click here
In Wales we are asking the AM’s to commit to swapping one of their usual purchases to its Fair Trade alternative. But we need your help to do this! Please write to or email your AM to ask them to commit to a BIG SWAP. You can download a template letter from our website here. To find out the contact details of your AM click here. |

The Fairtrade Way
We are looking for towns and counties across Wales that would be interested in working together to plot a walk through the length of Wales that visits Fair Trade shops and cafe’s along the way. The original ‘Fairtrade Way’ stretches from Garstang to Keswick and groups across the UK are looking to extend it. We believe that a fantastic route could be plotted through Wales that takes into account the best of the beautiful towns and countryside and the best in Fair Trade! If you would be interested in getting involved in a focus group to look at how to take this forward please contact Kate on 02920 191 399 or email kate@fairtradewales.com.
Phil Broadhurst from the Ammanford Fair Trade group was recently walked the Garstang-Keswick ‘Fairtrade Way’. To read his great account of the walk click here

Fair Trade Information evenings
Would your Fair Trade town group be interested in an update of what’s going on with Fair Trade internationally, in the UK and here in Wales?
Fair Trade Wales can come along to your evening meeting and run a 1-2 hour interactive session to fit round your evening meeting. For more details click email kate@fairtradewales.com |
Fairtrade
Groups News
Congratulations to Merthyr Tydfil who have achieved Fairtade County status. This now means an impressive 77% of counties in Wales are Fairtrade.
Congratulations also to Bangor and Anglesey on their successful renewals.
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Schools News
Schools - to get ready for Fairtrade Fortnight, click here...
Thank you to all schools who submitted their Fair Trade Pledges, see the pledge tree below. A Fair Trade cotton goody bag is on it's way to you!
Congratulations to St Cyres schools for being 'School of the Month' October. They achieve this by demonstrating a very successful link with their town group. Well done all. Congratulations also to Gellifaelog school where Harrison Flyn received the 'Peter Jones Memorial Award' for his commitment to Fair Trade. We're now looking for 'School of the Month' suggestions for December and January.
We now have around 700 schools registered on the scheme, and 75 schools with Fairtrade Status, for a full list of schools with Fairtrade status see here: http://www.fairtradewales.com//schools/who's_made_it_already/491 |
Jim’s Hot Fairtrade Tips!
It’s nearly here, the time of year when we all give lots, receive lots, eat lots and drink lots. This is the time of year when I feel more conscious than ever about how lucky we all are, and it’s even more important to show our support for those struggling to make a living in the third and developing worlds.
Choose Fairtrade this Christmas! Don’t forget, giving FT products as a gift is a great way to get your family and friends into Fairtrade.
Pants for my wife, chocolate for me....I love doing this feature. I received the afore mentioned in a parcel last week (read below for reviews/details).
Hot chocolate taste test. I asked Finn (7) and Neve (5) to join me in an instant hot chocolate taste test. We tried Co-op instant hot chocolate, Tesco Organic instant hot chocolate (please see in stores for prices) and Sainsbury’s basics instant hot chocolate, 63p/500g (price correct 23/11/09). The winner was Tescos – voted for by myself and Neve, Finn voted for Sainsburys (yes it is super cheap!) Finn said the Co-op HC was “not that nice” and “watery”. Neve said the Tesco HC “tasted different” and was “more chocolatey and sweeter”. I thought the Sainsbury’s HC was very sweet. We are planning a chocolate test next time!
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Sainsbury’s cafe triple cert: ground coffee Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance and Organic certified! Wow!
- Fave coffee of the month: I’m drinking Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Sundried Quincha Community right now – very nice (2 for £4)
- Plum baby mango and banana pots, Sainsbury’s - £2.15/2x100g pots – I haven’t seen any FT labelled baby food before this! (Price correct 23/11/09)
- Sainsbury’s FT Christmas cashews £4.19/400g, Brazils £3.99/400g (price correct 23/11/09)
- Fair do’s, Llandaff rd, Canton: www.fairdos.com - they have some new handmade cards from Rwanda with Welsh greetings on – a first for Fair do’s and their suppliers cardsfromafrica, they are also selling ‘pants to poverty’ underware – both men and ladies! I’ve received a pair of ‘lady pants’ for my wife – they are great quality and nicely designed
- Boots: have 3 for 2 on various ‘beauty’ and food FT gift sets – they are also currently offering 1000 extra points for every £50 spent! Watch out for Boots’ sale – probably starts on 27/12 (50% off), and 75% off around 12/1! – Stock up for all those Jan and Feb birthdays! Valentines?
- Don’t forget your FT advent calendars (Oxfam and Traidcraft sell A lovely looking Divine one) – approx £3.50
- Banana wars – check out the article in the latest FTF newsletter. You may have noticed the price of bananas dropping from 80 something pence, down to 40 something lately (per KG). When the price of a product is so unstable, I feel it is even more important to choose FT. Sainsbury’s prices go up and down with the world prices, but the producers will always get more and receive their social premium! Loose bananas 77p/kg @ Sainsbury’s (price correct 23/11/09)
Please email me any FT offer, product or shop information. I am always keen to review products, and can always use samples for events to promote FT (with the NPT Fairtrade Forum); jim@fairtradewales.com
A thank you to some people who have helped me to promote FT lately: Cadbury’s, Percol, Co-op, Starbucks and Marks and Spencer!
Check out more amazing top tips...

Uganda Update: Mbale, November 2009
It is just over a year since I first came to Africa and now I am back for my third trip, working with Gumutindo coffee co-op based in their office and warehouse site in Mbale. I am not the wide eyed “new boy” any longer but it is still an extraordinary experience to leave Europe and arrive here. Whilst home I read Richard Dowden’s “Africa, altered states, ordinary miracles” and he has caught this transition beautifully so I will quote a section:
“I have watched the sun set, shrunken and mean, over a cold, drab London street and stood outside a mud hut next morning on a Kenyan hillside and seen it rise in glory over the East African plains. Africa is close.
Few go there. Africa has a reputation: poverty, disease, war. But when outsiders do go they are often surprised by Africa’s welcome, entranced rather than frightened. Visitors are welcome and cared for in Africa. If you go you will find most Africans friendly, gentle and infinitely polite. You will frequently be humbled by African generosity….There is no click-on- have- a -nice day smile in Africa. Africans meet, greet and talk, look you in the eye and empathize, hold hands and embrace, share and accept from others without twitchy self-consciousness. All these things are as natural as music in Africa.”
The book is no tourist guide by the way but a clear-eyed look at Africa today that often makes uncomfortable reading. Read more... |
Calendr
DECEMBER
7ed
Digwyddiad Nadoligaidd
Cloc y Dref Llangefni, 5pm. Gwasanaeth carolau / digwyddiad Masnach Deg, gan gynnwys perfformiad gan gôr meibion Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru. Am fwy o fanylion e-bostiwch h.williams_fuw@btinternet.com
12fed
Cynhadledd fwyd, cynaladwyedd a Masnach Deg
Ysgol Uwchradd Llanfyllin, Sir Drefaldwyn. wedi ei threfnu gan Linc Cymru-Uganda Dolen Ffermio. Am fwy o fanylion neu i archebu lle ffoniwch Emyr Owen 01938 811299.
19eg
Diwrnod o hwyl
Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru, Caerdydd. Dewch i gwrdd â Siôn Corn Masnach Deg! Am fwy o fanylion ewch i
Rhagor o wybodaeth...
IONAWR
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Cyfarfod cymdeithasol Masnach Deg y Gogledd Ddwyrain
Porthaethwy, 10.00am – 2.30pm. Anfonwch ebost at kate@fairtradewales.com er mwyn bwcio.
CHWEFROR
22ain Chwefror - 7fed Mawrth
Pythefnos Masnach Deg
Am fwy o fanylion ewch i : www.fairtrade.org.uk. |
Cymrwch Gamau
Ffordd wych o gael hysbysrwydd ar gyfer eich ymgyrch ac o roi gwybod i ymwelwyr ble i fynd am baned Masnach Deg flasus yw gweithio gyda’ch canolfan groeso lleol, cael eich enwi yn y llawlyfr a’r wefan ar gyfer ymwelwyr i’ch tref a gofyn iddyn nhw gadw cyflenwad o’ch cyfeirlyfrau Masnach Deg. Fe gwrddais i â nifer o fyrddau croeso mewn digwyddiad twristiaeth diweddar ac roedden nhw’i gyd yn awyddus iawn i wneud yn siwr bod Masnach Deg yn cael ei gynnwys mewn arweinlyfrau lleol.
Cliciwch yma i lawr lwytho rhestr o fanylion cyswllt byrddau croeso lleol. Os hoffech chi help wrth siarad â’r bwrdd croeso lleol gadewch i mi wybod! Kate@fairtradewales.com
02920 191 399. |
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Pwysig! Brys! Rydyn ni angen aseswyr Ysgolion sy’n siarad Cymraeg!
Rydyn ni’n chwilio am Aseswyr Ysgolion Masnach Deg. Rydyn ni wirioneddol angen aseswr sy’n siarad Cymraeg... rydyn ni wedi bod ar y trywydd am rai misoedd ond heb allu dod o hyd i neb! Os ydych chi’n siaradwr Cymraeg ac yn gallu sbario ychydig amser i wirfoddoli, cysylltwch â ni. Mae dod yn aseswr yn brofiad gwych, fe fyddwch yn gweld gwaith Masnach Deg ffantastig mewn ysgolion. Rydyn ni eisiau sicrhau bod ysgolion yn gallu gwneud eu gwaith trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, ond heb neb i asesu eu gwaith yn y Gymraeg mae’n anodd i ni wneud hynny ar hyn o bryd.
SIARADWYR CYMRAEG...CYSYLLTWCH â NI! schools@fairtradewales.com neu ffoniwch 02920 803 293.

Newyddion Masnach Deg
Gwnewch y Nadolig yn Wyl Masnach Deg
Yn dilyn cystadleuaeth dylunio ymhlith myfyrwyr Ysgol Ffasiwn Casnewydd, dewisodd Masnach Deg Cymru y cynllun buddugol ar gyfer siwt Siôn Corn Masnach Deg. Yr enillydd yw Claire Andrew a gyflwynodd gynllun traddodiadol ar gyfer siwt wedi ei chreu’n gyfan gwbl o ddefnyddiau Masnach Deg a gwlân Cymreig. Gellir gweld y siwt hardd ar Ynys Môn ar y 7fed Rhagfyr, yng Nghonwy ac yng Nghaerdydd yn yr Amgueddfa Genedlaethol ar y 19eg Rhagfyr. Y flwyddyn nesaf bydd y siwt yn cael ei rhyddhau i’r holl grwpiau Masnach Deg i godi ymwybyddiaeth o bwysigrwydd cefnogi ffermwyr adref a thramor ar adeg y Nadolig. I ddarllen y datganiad i’r wasg cliciwch yma...

Masnach Deg ar y pedwerydd plinth! - Mentrodd Louise Edwards, cefnogwr Masnach Deg, i’r pedwerydd plinth enwog yn Llundain. Mae’r pedwerydd plinth yn ddarn o gelf gan Anthony Gormley lle'r oedd aelodau’r cyhoedd yn gallu treulio awr ar y plinth. Penderfynodd Louise weiddi am Fasnach Deg tra roedd i fyny yna - da iawn Louise! I weld Louise ar y plinth ewch i www.oneandother.co.uk/participants/loubylou

15 mlynedd o Fasnach Deg - Aeth Ann Hemmingway, Cadeirydd Masnach Deg Cymru i 10 Stryd Downing i ymuno yn nathliadau 15fed pen blwydd y Sefydliad Masnach Deg. Cynhaliwyd y digwyddiad gan Sarah Brown ac roedd y gwesteion eraill yn cynnwys Harry Hill a George Alagiah. Am fwy o fanylion ynglŷn â 15 mlynedd o Fasnach Deg ewch i www.fairtrade.org.uk

Teisennau Cwpan Yummm! - Mae ‘Softspot Cupcakes’ yn fusnes newydd wedi ei sefydlu yng Nghaerdydd sy’n cynhyrchu teisennau cwpan wedi eu gwneud gyda chynhwysion blasus Masnach Deg. Am fwy o fanylion neu i archebu ewch i www.softspotcupcakes.co.uk/

Cywiriad i’r cylchlythyr diwethaf - yng nghylchlythyr Mis Hydref roedd yna stori am betrol Masnach Deg o’r Swistir. Noder y dylai hyn fod wedi ei ysgrifennu fel petrol ‘masnach deg’ gan nad yw’r petrol wedi ei ardystio gan Fasnach Deg. |
Gwybodaeth ddefnyddiol i grwpiau Masnach Deg eraill
Templed datganiad i’r wasg
Lluniodd ein gwirfoddolwr y wasg, Liz Rawlins, dempled datganiad i’r wasg yn ddiweddar ar gyfer grwpiau Trefi Masnach Deg y gellir ei ddefnyddio a’i addasu ar gyfer eich gweithgareddau chi. Gallwch lawr lwytho’r datganiad i’r wasg ar dudalen adnoddau ein gwefan.

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Pythefnos Masnach Deg 2010
Am drosolwg cyffredinol o Bythefnos Masnach Deg cliciwch yma.
I weld ble a phryd y bydd y cynhyrchydd Masnach Deg yn ymweld cliciwch yma
Yng Nghymru rydyn ni’n gofyn i Aelodau’r Cynulliad i ymrwymo i newid un o’u nwyddau arferol am un Fasnach Deg. Ond rydyn ni angen eich help chi i wneud hyn! Ysgrifennwch neu anfonwch e-bost ar eich Aelod Cynulliad a gofyn iddo ymrwymo i GYFNEWID MAWR. Gallwch lawr lwytho templed o lythyr o’n gwefan yma. I ddod o hyd i fanylion cyswllt eich Aelod Cynulliad cliciwch yma. |

Ffordd Masnach Deg
Rydyn ni’n edrych am drefi a siroedd ledled Cymru fyddai â diddordeb mewn gweithio gyda’i gilydd i gynllunio taith gerdded ar hyd Cymru gan ymweld â siopau a chaffis Masnach Deg ar y ffordd. Mae’r ‘Ffordd Masnach Deg’ wreiddiol yn rhedeg o Garstang i Keswick ac mae grwpiau ar draws Prydain yn chwilio am ffyrdd i’w hymestyn. Rydyn ni’n credu y gallai llwybr ffantastig gael ei gynllunio trwy Gymru fyddai’n cynnwys y gorau o’r trefi a’r cefn gwlad hyfryd a’r gorau mewn Masnach Deg! Os oes gennych chi ddiddordeb mewn cymryd rhan mewn grŵp ffocws i edrych ar sut y gellid datblygu’r syniad ymhellach cysylltwch â Kate ar 02920 191399 neu anfonwch e-bost at kate@fairtradewales.com
Yn ddiweddar cerddodd Phil Broadhurst o grŵp Masnach Deg Rhydaman ‘Ffordd Masnach Deg Garstang-Keswick’. I ddarllen ei hanes diddorol am y daith cliciwch yma.

Nosweithiau Gwybodaeth am Fasnach Deg
A fyddai gan eich grŵp tref Masnach Deg ddiddordeb yn y newyddion diweddaraf am yr hyn sy’n mynd ymlaen gyda Masnach Deg yn Rhyngwladol, ym Mhrydain ac yma yng Nghymru?
Gall Masnach Deg Cymru ddod i’ch cyfarfod min nos a chynnal sesiwn ryngweithiol 1-2 awr i ffitio o gwmpas eich cyfarfod. Am fwy o fanylion cliciwch yr e-bost kate@fairtradewales.com |
Newyddion Grwpiau Masnach Deg
Llongyfarchiadau i Ferthyr Tydfil sydd wedi sicrhau statws Sir Masnach Deg. Mae hyn yn golygu bod 77% o siroedd yng Nghymru’n Fasnach Deg erbyn hyn. Gwych!
Llongyfarchiadau hefyd i Fangor a Sir Fôn ar lwyddo i adnewyddu eu statws Masnach Deg. |
Newyddion i Ysgolion
Ysgolion – paratowch ar gyfer Pythefnos Masnach Deg, cliciwch yma...
Diolch i’r holl ysgolion a gyflwynodd eu Haddewidion Masnach Deg, gweler y goeden addewidion isod. Mae yna fag cotwm llawn nwyddau Masnach Deg ar ei ffordd atoch chi!
Llongyfarchiadau i ysgol St Cyres ar ddod yn ‘Ysgol y Mis’ ym Mis Hydref. Fe lwyddon nhw i gyflawni hyn trwy arddangos cysylltiad llwyddiannus iawn gyda grŵp eu tref. Da iawn bawb. Llongyfarchiadau hefyd i ysgol Gellifaelog lle derbyniodd Harrison Flyn ‘Wobr Goffa Peter Jones’ am ei ymrwymiad i Fasnach Deg. Rydyn ni nawr yn edrych am awgrymiadau ar gyfer ‘Ysgol y Mis’ ar gyfer Mis Rhagfyr a Mis Ionawr.
Erbyn hyn mae ganddon ni tua 700 o ysgolion wedi eu cofrestru ar y cynllun, a 75 ysgol â Statws Masnach Deg, am restr lawn o ysgolion sydd â statws Masnach Deg ewch i: www.fairtradewales.com//schools/who's_made_it_already/491 |
Awgrymiadau Masnach Deg Jim!
Mae’r amser hwnnw ar ein gwarthaf, yr adeg o’r flwyddyn pan rydyn ni i gyd yn rhoi llawer, derbyn llawer, bwyta lot ac yfed lot. Dyma’r adeg o’r flwyddyn pan rydw i’n teimlo’n fwy ymwybodol nag erioed o ba mor lwcus rydyn ni, ac mae hyd yn oed yn fwy pwysig dangos ein cefnogaeth i’r rhai sy’n ymdrechu i gael dau ben llinyn ynghyd yn y trydydd byd a’r byd sy’n datblygu.
Dewiswch nwyddau Masnach Deg y Nadolig hwn! Peidiwch ag anghofio, mae rhoi nwyddau Masnach Deg fel anrheg yn ffordd wych o gael eich teulu a’ch ffrindiau i ddefnyddio Masnach Deg. Dillad isaf i’r wraig, siocled i mi ..... dwi wrth fy modd yn ysgrifennu’r erthygl nodwedd hyn. Fe dderbyniais yr anrhegion uchod mewn parsel yr wythnos ddiwethaf (mae adolygiadau/ manylion isod.)
Prawf blasu siocled poeth, Gofynnais i Finn (7) a Neve (5) ymuno â mi mewn prawf blasu siocled poeth. Fe flason ni siocled poeth y Co-op, siocled poeth Organig Tesco (gweler y prisiau yn y siopau) a siocled poeth sylfaenol Sainsbury, 63p/500g (y pris cywir 23/11/09). Yr enillydd oedd Tesco - cafodd bleidlais Neve a fi, pleidleisiodd Finn i Sainsburys (ydy, mae’n rhad iawn!). Dywedodd Finn nad oedd Siocled Poeth y Co-op “mor neis â hynny” a’i fod yn “ddyfrllyd”. Dywedodd Neve bod Siocled Poeth Tesco yn “blasu’n wahanol” a’i fod yn “fwy blasus ac yn fwy melys”. Roeddwn i’n meddwl bod Siocled Poeth Sainsbury yn felys iawn. Rydyn ni am gael prawf siocled y tro nesaf!
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Cafe Triple Cert Sainsbury: coffi mâl wedi ei ardystio gan Fasnach Deg, y Rainforest Alliance ac Organig! Wow!
- off goffi’r mis: Rydw i’n yfed Taste Difference Sundried Quincha Community o Sainsbury ar y funud – neis iawn (2 am £4)
- Potiau ‘Plum baby mango and banana’ o Sainsbury’s - £2.15/2x100g pot – Dydw i ddim wedi gweld bwyd babi wedi ei labelu’n Fasnach Deg cyn hyn! (y pris cywir 23/11/09)
- Cnau cashiw Nadolig Masnach Deg Sainsbury’s £4.19/400g, cnau Brasil £3.99/400g (y pris cywir 23/11/09)
- Fair do’s, Ffordd Llandaf, Canton: www.fairdos.com - mae ganddyn nhw gardiau newydd wedi eu gwneud a llaw o Rwanda gyda chyfarchion Cymraeg arnyn nhw – rhywbeth newydd i Fair do’s a’u cyflenwyr cardsfromafrica, maen nhw hefyd yn gwerthu dillad isaf ‘pants to poverty’ – rhai dynion a merched! Rydw i wedi derbyn par o ddillad isaf merched i’r wraig – maen nhw o ansawdd da ac wedi eu cynllunio’n dda.
- Boots: yn gwerthu 3 am 2 ar nifer o setiau anrhegion harddwch a bwyd Masnach Deg - maen nhw ar y funud hefyd yn cynnig 1000 o bwyntiau ychwanegol am bob £50 gaiff ei wario! Cadwch olwg am sêl Boots’ - sy’n debygol o gychwyn ar 27/12 (50% oddi ar y pris), a 75% oddi ar y pris tua 12/1! - Prynwch yn barod ar gyfer y penblwyddi hynny ym Mis Ionawr a Chwefror! Beth am San Ffolant?
- Peidiwch ag anghofio’ch calendrau Adfent Masnach Deg (mae Oxfam a Traidcraft yn gwerthu un Divine prydferth iawn) – tua £3.50
- Rhyfel bananas – cymrwch olwg ar yr erthygl yng nghylchlythyr diweddaraf y Ffederasiwn Masnach Deg. Efallai eich bod wedi sylwi bod prisiau bananas yn gostwng o tua 80 ceiniog i tua 40 ceiniog (y cilogram) yn ddiweddar. Pan fo pris nwyddau mor anwadal, rydw i’n teimlo ei bod hyd yn oed yn fwy pwysig i ddewis Masnach Deg. Mae prisiau Sainsbury yn mynd i fyny ac i lawr gyda phrisiau’r byd, ond bydd y cynhyrchwyr bob amser yn cael mwy ac yn derbyn eu premiwm cymdeithasol! Bananas 77p/kg yn Sainsbury’s (y pris cywir 23/11/09)
A fyddech cystal ag anfon e-byst ata i’n cynnwys unrhyw gynigion, nwyddau neu wybodaeth am siopau Masnach Deg. Rydw i bob amser yn awyddus i adolygu nwyddau, a gallaf bob amser ddefnyddio samplau ar gyfer digwyddiadau i hyrwyddo Masnach Deg (gyda Fforwm Masnach Deg Castell-nedd Port Talbot); jim@fairtradewales.com
Diolch i rai pobl sydd wedi fy helpu i hyrwyddo Masnach Deg yn ddiweddar: Cadbury’s, Percol, Co-op, Starbucks a Marks and Spencer!
Cliciwch yma am lawer mwy o nwyddau Masnach Deg…

Y Newyddion Diweddaraf O Uganda: Mbale, Mis Tachwedd 2009
Ychydig dros flwyddyn yn ôl y des i i Affrica am y tro cyntaf a nawr dwi nôl am fy nhrydydd trip, yn gweithio gyda chwmni cydweithredol Gumutindo sy’n cynhyrchu coffi, ac yn gweithio yn ei swyddfa a’u warws ym Mbale. Dydw i ddim yn “fachgen newydd” syfrdan rhagor, ond mae’n dal i fod yn brofiad anhygoel gadael Ewrop a chyrraedd yma. Tra roeddwn i adref fe ddarllenais i “Africa, altered states, ordinary miracles” gan Richard Dowden ac mae e wedi dal y trawsnewid hwn yn hyfryd felly fe wna i ddyfynnu rhan ohono:
“Roeddwn i’n gwylio’r haul yn machlud, yn grebachlyd ac yn grintachlyd, dros stryd oer, lwydaidd yn Llundain a’r bore wedyn yn sefyll y tu allan i gwt pridd ar ochr mynydd yng Nghenya a’i weld yn codi mewn gorfoledd dros wastadeddau Dwyrain Affrica. Mae Affrica’n agos.
Does dim llawer o bobl yn mynd yno. Mae gan Affrica enw am dlodi, clefydau, rhyfel. Ond pan fo pobl ddiarth yn mynd yno maen nhw’n aml yn cael eu synnu gan groeso Affrica sy’n codi syndod yn hytrach nag ofn. Mae ymwelwyr yn cael croeso a gofal yn Affrica. Os ewch chi yno fe gewch fod y rhan fwyaf o Affricanwyr yn gyfeillgar, yn dyner ac yn hynod o foesgar. Yn aml fe deimlwch yn ostyngedig yn wyneb caredigrwydd Affricanaidd... Does yna ddim gwên ffals gobeithio-y-cewch-ddiwrnod-da yn Affrica. Bydd Affricanwyr, wrth eich cyfarfod, yn eich cyfarch ac yn siarad â chi, yn edrych i fyw eich llygaid ac yn dangos empathi, yn dal dwylo a chofleidio, rhannu a derbyn oddi wrth eraill heb swildod anghyfforddus. Mae’r pethau hyn i gyd mor naturiol â cherddoriaeth yn Affrica.”
Nid arweinlyfr i dwristiaid mo hwn gyda llaw ond golwg graff ar Affrica heddiw sy’n aml yn anghyfforddus i’w ddarllen. Darllenwch fwy... |
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