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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Fair Go - Transforming Lives with Fair Trade

Here's a social justice idea for you evangelists and Christian activists out there...
A mate of mine (Mr. John Logan of Darwin Salvos) has got involved with helping a local Christian group whose main passion is for justice. A large part of their ministry is to run a "Fair Go" stall at the famous Mindill Beach Markets (a place well-known for applauding their sunsets) in Darwin, NT. They source fairly-traded products and sell them to tourists in the midst of a market filled with hippy-style New-Age stalls and a multicultural mix of ethnic foods (the classic was 'Road Kill Cafe' selling possum sausages... sorry Dibbie!). The stall raises some cash for Fair-Trade projects in needy areas and the team incarnationally 'infiltrates' the world of tourists, Hippies and night-lifers.

It's a great way to get the message of Fair Trade out there and connect with the unsaved in a genuine way (with a cause that they respect). What do you reckon?


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