EK Schools celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight with local Green Candidate

By: South Lanarkshire Green Party
Date: 6th March 2007

Green candidate for Central Scotland, Kirsten Robb, is to help present
the prizes in a schools' poster and poetry competition as part of West
Kirk's Fairtrade Fortnight celebration. Kirsten, who set up the East
Kilbride Fairtrade Town project and worked on a housing project in
Tanzania, has urged EK residents to come along and join the fun this
Saturday, the 10th of March. Kirsten will be joined by Dave Fish from
the East Kilbride-based Department for International Development.

Kirsten said: "Fairtrade has already made a massive difference to so
many lives in the developing world, and Scotland has definitely been
doing its bit with three-quarters of Scots buying fairtrade. But
there's always more to do, and one big step we could take locally is
to make East Kilbride a Fairtrade town. If people want to join in the
project to do that, they can come along to West Kirk on Saturday or
contact the EK Fairtrade Group on 07969 714996 or
ekfairtrade@yahoo.co.uk."

The prize giving will take place at 11.30am this Saturday, 10th March,
at the West Kirk, Kittoch Street, East Kilbride. The Fairtrade event,
starting at 10am, will include, along with the poster and poetry
competition, stalls showcasing trade and development issues and
selling fairtrade goods, and fairtrade refreshments.