October 2014, Poland -
"Chocomobile in Kraków"
Make Chocolate Fair! (MCF!) is an international campaign that mobilizes Europeans to become active towards more justice in the global cocoa industry. In recent years many of us have been disturbed by the inhuman working conditions and human rights violations on cocoa farms in West Africa, revealed by films like the BBC investigation “Chocolate: the bitter truth” in 2010.
On the one hand, there are millions of cocoa farmers who struggle to make their ends meet. On the other hand, we, the consumers, who continue to buy chocolate at ever increasing volumes, feel helpless or ignorant to make any changes. In between, there are a handful of companies who dominate the world cocoa market and the chocolate market and reap high profits in the global cocoa and chocolate industry. Nevertheless, there is a way to make more companies act responsibly and fairly.
As part of the European campaign for equitable chocolate "Make Chocolate Fair", for three months the Chocomobile is circling in Europe. In Poland, we call the Chocomobile "Kakaowóz". Organizers of the tour are: Buy Responsibly Foundation and Fair Trade Coalition. Thanks to the cooperation with the Environmental Partnership Foundation and the Association PODGORZE.PL, the Chocomobile or "Kakaowóz" was a guest of Targ Pietruszkowy Farmers' Market.
In the event took part students and teachers of XIII LO in Krakow – Kasia Gruszecka, Inga Michałowska, Paulina Zięba, Justyna Król, Natalia Stryszowska, Dagmara Wróbel, Ola Jakubowska, Jaga Jachimczak, Weronika Guzik, Karolina Pałasińska, Olaf Szadkowski, Bogusław Sroka, Bożena Bućwińska.
They gathered signatures for petition supporting fair trade of chocolate.
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