Fair Trade

Final Evaluation

Fair Trade was an exciting and enterprising project which brought forth an awareness of sweated labour and economic exploitation in the developing countries to Swanlea students who did not possess much knowledge of this topic. For the participants, the project offered them an opportunity to delve into a subject of their interest and develop their understanding of how international trading system operates.

The most enjoyable aspect of the project for the participants was trading in the school mall and Camden Town. They gained first- hand experience on buying and selling and found it an exhilarating event.

During the beginning of the project, students encountered some difficulties in obtaining investment into their company so that they could purchase the fair trade products and commence trading. However, they overcame this problem by putting up posters and distributing their business cards. Attending the two Pathfinder Launch also helped their cause as they had the opportunity to promote their project to prominent people. As a result, they gained much of their investment during this event.

Designing and building the kiosk was an enterprising aspect of the project which the students thoroughly enjoyed. Since they were Design and Technology students, their high quality skills have manifested themselves in the manufacture of their product.

The ultimate highlight of the project was being interviewed by Teacher’s TV and featuring in their documentary about good Business and Enterprise practice in a Specialist Business and Enterprise College. Fair Trade project demonstrated an excellent practice in the provisions made for our students interested in extra business and enterprise curricular activities.

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