Fair trade is an institutional arrangement designed to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions thereby improving the livelihoods of economically and/or socially marginalised producers while maintaining reasonable environmental standards.
Here are such fair trade cooperative associations in the Middle East:
Egypt Crafts / Fair Trade Egypt Ltd
Tel: +20 2 2736 512327
Yehia Ibrahim, Street, Zamalek
Cairo, Egypt
Fair Trade and Tourism Lebanon
Tel: +961 5 952 153
Horani Center, 2nd Floor (Facing Mekhitariste School)
Hazmieh, Lebanon
Al Reef for Investment and Agricultural Marketing Company
Tel: +972-2-2963840
Al Ma’ahed Str, PARC Building
Ramallah, Palestine
Bethlehem Fair Trade Artisans (BFTA)
Tel: +972-2-2750365
Milk Grotto Street
Bethlehem, Palestine
Holy Land Handicraft Cooperative Society (HLHCS)
Tel: +972 2 2773087
Shepherds’ Field
Beit Sahour, Palestine
Sunbula
Tel: +972 2-672-1707
15 Nablus Street, Sheikh Jarrah
Jerusalem, Palestine
Women in Hebron
Tel: +972 59 815 73 46
Idna, Center of the Village
Hebron, Palestine
Search for more Fair Trade suppliers & producers on the below platforms:
Search WFTO
Search FLO Certified
Search FairTrade International
Search Fair Trade Federation (USA & Canada)
Search Artisans du Monde (France & Worldwide)