Your ethical investment will change the lives of fair trade farmers and handcraft producers from across the globe.
CAYAT co-operative has united over 3,000 cocoa farmers across Ivory Coast to help tackle deep socio-economic challenges.
CAYAT is just one of thousands supported by Shared Interest across 45 countries.
Prior to this, the vast majority of local farmers sold their cocoa at low prices to middlemen and were often left unable to meet their most basic needs.
Today, thanks to fair funding from Shared Interest, the farmers – hundreds of whom are women – are ramping up production to meet soaring global demand for cocoa, while creating secure, well-paid jobs for those most in-need.
Rosine Aké Bekoin (pictured above), General Secretary of the CAYAT Women’s Association, said: “Many of us were illiterate but with the training offered by CAYAT, we can now read and write a little. Thanks to the CAYAT training, I now know how to save, engage in agricultural good practices, and help others.”
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Shared Interest, with its headquarters in Newcastle, has been offering vital financial support to farmers, artisans, and co-operatives in developing regions around the world for 34 years. In 2023 alone, they supported over 400,000 producers to trade and earn a living.
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