Spreading the Fairtrade message

The farm supplies cocoa for Fairtrade chocolate bars, drinks, cakes which means they get more demand.
In return they receive premium money for each sale which they can use to develop their communities.
Hannah said: "This Fairtrade premium has been invested for the good of the community into the provision of schools for the remote villages, palm oil plantations, a women's group, and a 'grasscutter' which is a small rodent farmed for food by the locals.
"My guide Eric showed me some of the various stages of cocoa harvesting, like the cutting down of the pods from the trees, the fermenting on the forest floor, and the drying, turning and sorting on racks in the village.
"It was a fantastic and rewarding experience. I lived in a small fishing village a short walk from the palm-lined beach on the Cape Coast."
In between her trips to cocoa farms Hannah taught phonics to school children in the village and is now planning to go to read Geography at Durham University in September.
She said: "I will treasure many memories of my trip to Ghana, including a canoe trip through the mangroves, sleeping in the jungle, being chased by an elephant, going on a canopy walk in the rainforest and swimming under the biggest waterfall in west Africa.
"I would like to thank all those who helped make my visit possible, including my guide Eric, Chesham High School, the school in Brenu, the Sabre Charitable Trust, Paul and Bea Wood, and Chesham Fairtrade Group."
Hannah is also recommending 'The Bittersweet World of Chocolate- Sumptuous Recipes Using Fairtrade Chocolate' by Troth Wells which is now in stock at Waterstones in Chesham High Street.
For more about Fairtrade visit www.fairtrade.org.uk