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Key aims

  • help students understand Fairtrade and what it means for cocoa farmers in Ghana
  • show students how their buying decisions affect farmers
  • show that fairer trade in chocolate is just a start to challenging poverty in Africa

Key questions

  • how does trade work?
  • how does the pattern of trade contribute to the global North-South divide?
  • what do we mean by Fairtrade?
  • how do farmers benefit?
  • what is the Kuapa Kokoo co-operative and why are Ghanaian farmers choosing to join it?
  • how can you identify Fairtrade marked products?
  • why did Comic Relief launch their Fairtrade chocolate bar, Dubble?

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