Congratulations PFTA on their elections

The Palestine Fair Trade Association held their biennial General Assembly at the Jenin Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, May 21, 2015 and elected 9 Board members in democratic and fair elections.  Video here.

Highlights of some PFTA achievements and successes the past year include

• increasing revenues more than 50%
• granting interest-free loans to 30 women through the Microloan project
• planting 17000 olive and almond trees through the Trees for Life project
• adding 400 new farmers and new regions in Tulkarm and Qalqilia

Canaan Fair Trade celebrates the institutional growth of the PFTA, it's success in running as a farmers union, and the level of interest and engagement the farmers communities have in it.  Canaan pledges to continue support for the PFTA beyond marketing their products: to link them with community networks around the world, and to suppport their efforts to serve their farmers and communities to build a future for Palestine.