Saturday, 14th October 17, Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust held the...
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History of the Organisation
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/13/2018 - 12:30
A small shop in Reggio Calabria (Italy) and a group of enthusiastic young people saw the birth of an initiative which led to the setting up of the first and only Fair Trade organization in Malta.
Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust (KKĠ) was set up in 1996 by the Third World Group (TWG). The TWG is one of the oldest development ngos in Malta. In 1997 KKĠ received full recognition by the Maltese state under the Cooperative Act. Run on a voluntary basis, KKĠ, is today one of the largest cooperatives in Malta with nearly 100 members.
In the beginning of summer of 1997 KKĠ purchased a small shop in Valletta. The shop was purchased through the financial backing of CRIC, a leding Italian NGDO and Banca Etica of Verona. In September 1997 KKĠ opened the first world shop in Malta called L-Arka (The Ark). With over a thousand different products this small shop, which is open daily from Monday to Sunday, has established a niche in the market for extremely original gifts and delicious food items. In these last few weeks the food items have been increased.
In 2000 KKĠ became a member of CTMaltromercato (Coperazione Terzo Mondo), Italy’s largest fair trade organization. CTM is a consortium of world shops with more than 120 member organizations and over 200 points of sale. Since then KKĠ members have participated in seminars and general assemblies organized by CTM.
During the past years KKĠ has organized national events. For these events KKĠ has invited over to Malta people directly involved in fair trade such as Harini Narayanan, a producer from India, Carol Wills IFAT’s executive director, Stefano Magnoni CTM’s vice-president, and Luca Palagi CTM’s expert on fair trade in Africa.
Throughout these years KKĠ has sought to increase its sales by participating in various events on a national and local level. Whenever and wherever we have been our products and the whole initiative has been welcomed enthusiastically.
News & Events
11 May 2018
As part of the Make Fruit Fair! project Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust is releasing several items for promotional materials.
We can post anyone in Malta with any of these promotional materials for free. Get in touch with us on info@l-arka.org and we'll get back to you.
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11 May 2018
In October 2016, KKĠ met its MFF project partners in Vienna during which meeting project partners discussed the goals of the MFF campaign after being inspired by detailed information about unfair commercial practices which push people into poverty.
During the meeting there was an...
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Koperattiva Kummerċ Ġust Ltd
306, il-Ħanut l-Arka,
Triq San Pawl,
il-Belt Valletta,
Malta VLT 1213
Tel: +356 2124 4865
Email: info@l-arka.org
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