Fairtrade municipality
Fairtrade stands for: a fair price for farmers, workers and producers in developing countries; child labor is not allowed. Fairtrade is both a quality mark and a global movement. Together we make the world fairer, with equal opportunities for everyone. Tytsjerksteradiel has been a Fairtrade Municipality virtually from the start of the Fairtrade Campaign in the Netherlands. Over the years, more than 60 shops, companies, schools and churches in our municipality have joined the campaign. They sell Fairtrade products or use Fairtrade products themselves. More information about Fairtrade can be found on the national website.
Fairtrade core group
We became a Fairtrade municipality thanks to the municipality's Fairtrade core group. For years, a group of enthusiastic residents has been volunteering to help companies, organisations and schools become Fairtrade. They are supported by a municipal employee. The Fairtrade core group of Tytsjerksteradiel works together with the core group in Achtkarspelen.
Participate and also become Fairtrade?
The core group is committed to making Fairtrade even better known. They do this by, among other things, organizing guest lessons at schools and activities in the Fairtrade week in the spring and autumn. Would you like to participate in the campaign as a company, store or organization? Or are you curious about the core group and want to see if it is something for you? Please contact the municipal coordinator Sjoukje Kooistra by telephone on 14 0511 or by e-mail at duorsum@t-diel.nl.