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Il-Ħanut l-Arka, Malta’s only Fair Trade shop, is run by people who volunteer for Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust. Our organization is a certified Fair Trade Organization and an active member of IFAT – The World Fair Trade Organization. All products found at il-Ħanut l-Arka are Fair Trade certified by Internationally established bodies such as IFAT and FLO.

Kieku l-Ikel Jitkellem (WorldFest 2009)

 

WorldFest '09

Is-Sibt, 9 ta' Mejju 2009

Ġnien l-Indipendenza, Tas-Sliema

10.00am - 10.00pm, dħul b’xejn

 

Ikel u artiġjanat tal-Kummerċ Ġust mill-ħanut L-ARKA; prodotti tal-biedja lokali

 

11.00am12.30pm – Stejjer, tpinġija u xogħol tal-idejn għat-tfal, 7-10 snin

 

1.00pm – Tfal jiżirgħu pjanti organiċi (Food First Malta)

 

5.00pm – Preżentazzjoni dwar Fuelling or Fooling Europe? (FoE, Malta)

 

5.00pm – 6.30pm – Stejjer, tpinġija u crafts għat-tfal, 7-10 snin

 

6.00pm – Tfal jiżirgħu pjanti organiċi (Food First Malta)

 

6.00pm – Public Forum, If food 

could speak

Chairperson: William Grech

Riccardo Franciolini (Italy), Rural Development in Small Islands of the Mediterranean and food sovereignity

Eric Van Monckhoven (Belgium, Italy) – The Ecology of Food

Carmel Cassar, Slow Food Malta

Vince Caruana, Food First Malta

Victor Galea, Ager Foundation (Gozo)

 

7.00pm –Forum Pubbliku, Meta l-ikel jitkellem

Tmexxi: Anna Zammit

Angele Deguara, Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust

Ġwann Xerri OP

Joe Galea, Koperattiva Rurali Manikata

Evarist Bartolo, PL, Tfal ikkundannati għall-mewt

Carmel Cacopardo, AD

Philip Mifsud, PN

Clement Azzopardi, Koperattiva Ċentrali tal-Bdiewa

 

7.00pm Bejgħ ta’ ikel minn Malta, il-Palestina, l-Eritrea, u s-Somalja. Jinkludi qassatat mill-Koperattiva Rurali Manikata bir-ross tal-Kummerċ Ġust u ikel Palestinjan bil-kuskus tal-Kummerċ Ġust.

 

8.00pm Kunċert bis-sehem ta’ kittieba minn Malta u l-Irlanda, u l-mużiċisti Danjeli, Antoine Vella u Brikkuni

 

http://www.l-ikel.org

dan il-proġett

Għadd ta' nies minn oqsma differenti tas-soċjetà f'Malta, qed jaħdmu fuq it-tema tal-ikel għall-festival tal-kummerċ ġust WorldFest organizzat mill-Ħanut L-Arka li se jsir f'Mejju 2009 - it-tmien edizzjoni ta' dan il-festival. Huma mnebbħa mill-fatt li rivoluzzjoni fil-produzzjoni u d-distribuzzjoni tal-ikel kapaċi taqleb id-dinja, ħafna drabi inġusta tagħna, ta' taħt fuq.

 

Qed jagħmlu riċerka u jaħdmu b'mod artistiku fuq id-dritt tal-ikel, il-produzzjoni lokali u l-impatt fuq in-natura u l-kultura ta' Malta, il-ġustizzja ma' produtturi fqar fin-nofsinhar tad-dinja, l-ikel u l-kummerċ ġust, il-ħolqien ta' prodotti lokali u globali li jkunu ġusti u organiċi...
 

L-ewwel fażi tal-proġett tilħaq il-qofol tagħha fil-WorldFest fid-9 ta' Mejju 2009 fi Ġnien l-Indipendenza, Tas-Sliema, iżda l-proġett jibqa' sejjer sal-WorldFest f'Mejju 2010.

 

Food sovereignity is “a vision with some fairly clear ideas about what needs to happen so that small farmers can survive, that the environment is maintained, and that there is global justice."

Wayne Roberts notes that the subject of food helped him “feel the world as connected.” Life is rich and "it’s great to be part of a movement based on the joy of sharing abundance,” which, for him, “is what the food movement is all about.” It’s the “food revolution.”

Wayne Roberts

The No Nonsense Guide to World Food (2008)

 




THE RIGHT FOR FOOD – Public Seminar organised by Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust

THE RIGHT FOR FOOD – Public Seminar organised by Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust

Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust, the only Fair Trade Organisation in Malta organised a public seminar on Saturday 6th December 2008 on the theme of the right for food. The seminar, which was held at the Millennium Chapel Hall in Paceville, is part of a two-year project co-funded by the European Commission called Enlarging Fair in which KKG is a participating partner together with Fair Trade Organisations from four other New Member States (Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Slovenia) under the coordination of Pangea-Niente Troppo, an Italian Fair Trade Organisation. KKG is also participating in this project as a member of Ctm Altromercato. The seminar was well attended by representatives of the participating International Fair Trade organisations as well as by members of local NGOs, the PL (Malta Labour Party), Alternattiva Demokratika, the Green Party and the general public.




Riħ min-Nofsinhar: Jinsab għall-bejgħ mill-Ħanut l-Arka

Riħ min-Nofsinhar

it-tibdil fil-klima skont Immanuel Mifsud u Adrian Grima

 

Il-ktieb fih kummenti ta' Joseph Sciberras u Joe Galea bdiewa mill-Koperattiva Rurali Manikata), Mario Cardona (kittieb u edukatur), Annalise Falzon (ambjentalista), Kurt Sansone (editur tal-gazzetta Illum), Ralph Cassar (politiku), Nathalie Grima (mill-Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust), Christine Borg (mill-Malta Breastfeeding Foundation), u Angele Deguara (soċjologa).

Edizzjoni SKARTA - www.skarta.org

Distribuzzjoni: Sierra Book Distributors - www.sierra-books.com

 

 








The Right for Food Seminar

After 60 years of the Human Rights Declaration...

...there is still much to achieve in

The Right for Food

A public seminar on Saturday 6th December, 5.00pm - 7.30pm

Millennium Chapel Hall, Paceville - free entrance

Followed by refreshments and music:

  • Pumpkin and Fair Trade rice qassatat made by the Manikata Farmers' Cooperative
  • Eritrean vegetable samosas
  • Home-made cakes with Fair Trade Chocolate, Spices and Sugar
  • Ethnic music from Sudan and Burkina Faso


Programme

5.00 - 5.15

Introduction by the chair, Dr. Adrian Grima

Part I – The Right for food, a theoretical approach

5.15 – 5.45

Ms. Borbála Simonyi, expert in food sovereignity

Part II – From global to local

The Maltese and the food production crisis

5.45 – 6.05

Mr. Mario Salerno, President of MOAM,

Malta Organic Agricultural Movement

6.05 – 6.20

Mr. Mario Cardona, board member,

Manikata Farmers' Cooperative

6.20 – 6.50

Dr. Gordon Knox, Inependent Lecturer, Malta

Part III - Fair Trade and the Right for Food

7.50 – 7.10

Ms. Claudia Piacenza, Enlarging Fair project

7.10 – 7.30

Open floor for questions and discussions


This seminar is being held as part of the project Enlarging Fair, in which Koperattiva Kummerc Ġust is the Maltese partner. The project is led by the Italian Fair Trade Organisation Pangea-Niente Troppo and also includes partners from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia.

 

"The Right for Food" seminar is being partially funded by the EC budget line EuropeAid.




New Youth Initiative Project for KKĠ

KKĠ has embarked upon a new Youth Initiatives project for 2009. The project entitled "Fresh Minds for a New World" seeks to raise awareness about the North-South divide, with special focus on Fair Trade as a recognized tool for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Through the project we shall be:

a. producing a series of posters that will educated the public about the 8 MDGs established by all governments at the UN and the ways in which Fair Trade helps achieve the MDGs,

b. organizing Fair Trade seminars in community and youth groups,

c. holding events related to Fair Trade and the MDGs in Gozo, and

d. receiving support to organize our annual WorldFest activity.

Sub-committees will be formed to coordinate different aspects of the project. Anyone interested in participating in any of these sub-committees is more than welcome.

Schools, local youth, community or church groups wishing to have a seminar about Fair Trade and the MDGs organized in their premises are encouraged to get back to us.




Palestinian Fair Trade Producers in Malta

Nostalġija ta’ libertà

Franica Pulis tintervista lil Suzan Sahori mill-Palestina (Illum)

Din il-ġimgħa kien hemm għaddejjin żewġ proġetti li jippromwovu d-diversità. Iżda mara Palestinjana kienet preżenti fit-tnejn - Suzan Sahori - Direttur għar-Relazzjonijiet Internazzjonali ta’ għaqda li tippromwovi kummerċ ġust tax-xogħol artiġġanali Palestinjan: il-Holy Land Handicraft Cooperative Society (www.holyland-handicraft.org).


Illum ltaqgħet ma’ Sahori biex titkixxef dwar il-ħajja vera li jgħixu l-Palestinjani u mhux dik biss li naraw fuq it-televixin. Tibda tirrakkontali kif qed tħossha Malta.

“Inħossni libera. Inħobbu nsuqu minn belt għall-oħra mingħajr man-nies iwaqqfuna biex jiċċekkjawlna l-karta tal-identità jew nistennew fil-kjus twal fil-postijiet ta’ kontroll. Nista’ nippjana l-ġurnata. Mhux bħal f’Ramallah. Biex nasal s’hemm irrid nippjana sagħtejn, tlieta qabel għax ma nafx kemm se jżommuni fil-postijiet ta’ kontroll. Jogħġbuni s-siti tagħkom u l-ġonna. Aħna ma fadlilniex iktar ġonna,” tgħid b’dispjaċir.




Our Products in Other Stores

Park Towers Sliema
Cafedirect instant both Cafinated and Decafinated, TeaDirect, MachuPichu coffee grains.

Old Railway Road, Santa Venera

 

Gaia Foundation
Teas, Coffee, Biscuits, Muesli, Raisins, Chocolate, Pasta, Honey, Hot Chocolate and more.

The Elysium Tree Nursery and Visitors' Centre
Għajn Tuffieħa Road
Għajn Tuffieħa

http://www.projectgaia.org