Presentation on Fairtrade Farms in Ghana to Inspire Byaasen Fairtrade School.

There was a really insightful presentation by Master Emmanuel Blay on the Fairtrade Organic Banana farms in Ghana. He explained the systems that the organic farm uses to produce bananas for exportation to other parts of the world like South AFrica and Europe.More so, he also explained how the usage of the premium money from the traide is democratically decided by the workers on the farm. Representatives from Trondheim has several times visited their farm in Ghana, and in 2013 the school delegation with principal Wenche Kjellby nesset was there. Imidiately they came home they started the work of becoming a Fairtrade school. The same year they met the criterias and became the 2nd Fairtrade basic-school in Trondheim and Norway. This time Emmanuel Blay is updating the staff at Byaasen school on the developments at the farm.

Master Emmanuel Blay with his presentation.

Emmanuel Blay talking about the fairtrade banana farm in Ghana (Note the clock in the background, it was a gift from AIS in 2005 when the exchange was established).

Mrs Isabella Blay answering some questions on the fairtrade farm in Ghana.

Edem Yegbe.