Supporting Fairtrade in Fair Weather or Foul!

Over fifty committed Fairtrade supporters braved the rain on Saturday to join the Fair Trade Way walk from iSmooth community cafe in College Street, Ammanford, up to the new Activity Centre in Garnswllt.

The walk, organised to mark World Fair Trade Day, was one of hundreds of events organised across six continents.

Many of the walkers were from 2nd Ammanford Scout, Cub and Beaver groups, some as young as 6. A group of Year 8 girls from Amman Valley School also used the walk to raise money to fund Health Checks for Mothers and children through the Oxfam Unwrapped scheme.

At the end of the walk, The Activity Centre's cafe did a roaring trade in Fairtrade Hot Chocolate and Fairtrade Pasta lunches, and Ammanford Fair Trade shops, Harmony and Bertram's had stalls selling their Fair Trade crafts. There were also a range of Fairtrade awareness raising stalls and activities, including a Treasure Hunt for the younger walkers who still had energy enough to run around.

Walk organiser, Phil Broadhurst, said : "The theme of this year's World Fair Trade Day celebrations was Fair Trade People, and the day fitted brilliantly into that; showing the best of people in many different lights. It was also a fantastic advert for the power of volunteering. The walk and event was organised by volunteers from Ammanford Fairtrade Town Group. All the Activity Centre staff were volunteers. And the Scout leaders are volunteers. The age range on the walk also made it feel like a real community event."

As well as being an enjoyable walk and event, the serious points behind the day, of promoting Fairtrade and helping people in need around the world, were not forgotten. Ammanford became the first Fairtrade Town in Wales in 2002 and has consistently led the way in campaigning for fairer trade and encouraging people to buy Fairtrade products, which guarantee the producers of those products a fair price. The Fairtrade premium also helps communities pay for schools, health centres, wells, or whatever else they need to improve their basic living conditions.

 

Cefnogi Masnach Deg drwy Law neu Hindda

 

Dydd Sadwrn 10 Mai wnaeth dros hanner cant o gefnogwyr Masnach Deg fentro allan yn y glaw i ymuno â'r daith gerdded Ffordd Masnach Deg o gaffi cymunedol iSmooth yn Stryd y Coleg , Rhydaman , i’r  Ganolfan Weithgareddau newydd yn Garnswllt .

Roedd y daith, a drefnwyd i nodi Diwrnod Masnach Deg y Byd , yn un o gannoedd o ddigwyddiadau ar draws chwe chyfandir. Daeth  llawer o'r cerddwyr  o Glwb Sgowtiaid Rhydaman , grwpiau Cub a Beaver , gyda  rhai mor ifanc â 6 . Defnyddiodd grŵp o ferched Blwyddyn 8 o Ysgol Dyffryn Aman y daith i godi arian i ariannu Gwiriadau Iechyd i Famau a phlant trwy'r cynllun Oxfam “ Unwrapped”.

Ar ddiwedd y daith, roedd caffi y Ganolfan Weithgareddau yn brysur ofnadwy yn gwerthu  Siocled Poeth a chinio Pasta Masnach Deg. Hefyd roedd siopau Masnach Deg Rhydaman , Harmony a Bertram gyda stondinau stondinau yn  gwerthu eu crefftau Masnach Deg. Yn ogystal roedd amrywiaeth o stondinau a gweithgareddau eraill yn codi ymwybyddiaeth o Fasnach Deg , gan gynnwys Helfa Drysor ar gyfer cerddwyr iau oedd gyda digon o egni ar ol wedi’r cerdded.

Meddai, Phil Broadhurst, trefnydd y daith, : "Thema dathliadau Diwrnod Masnach Deg y Byd eleni oedd Pobl Masnach Deg , ac roedd y diwrnod yn cyd fynd yn wych gyda hynny, gan ddangos y gorau o bobl mewn nifer o wahanol ffyrdd. Roedd hefyd yn hysbyseb gwych i'r pŵer o wirfoddoli . Cafodd y daith a’r digwyddiad ei drefnu gan wirfoddolwyr o Grŵp Masnach Deg Rhydaman. Roedd y staff yn y Ganolfan Weithgareddau yn wirfoddolwyr ac mae'r arweinwyr Sgowtiaid yn wirfoddolwyr. Roedd ystod oedran y cerddwyr  ar y daith hefyd yn ei gwneud hi deimlo fel digwyddiad cymunedol go iawn. " Yn ogystal â bod yn ddigwyddiad pleserus a thaith hyfryd, ni aeth pwyntiau difrifol y tu ôl i’r dydd, sef hyrwyddo Masnach Deg a helpu pobl mewn angen o gwmpas y byd , yn angof.

Sefydlwyd Rhydaman fel tref Masnach Deg cyntaf yng Nghymru yn 2002 ac mae wedi arwain y ffordd yn gyson drwy ymgyrchu ar gyfer masnach decach ac annog pobl i brynu cynnyrch Masnach Deg , sy'n gwarantu cynhyrchwyr y cynhyrchion hynny bris teg . Mae'r premiwm Masnach Deg hefyd yn helpu cymunedau i dalu am ysgolion, canolfannau iechyd , ffynhonnau , neu beth bynnag arall y mae angen i wella eu hamodau byw sylfaenol .

 

 

 



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