Fair School
Fair Trade Education Activities
With a view to enhancing students’ understanding of Fair Trade, we organize various educational activities including themetic talks, exhibition, experiential activities and workshops. Students are able to explore Fair Trade through immersive, interactive and innovative learning experience, provoke thinking in viral topics such as globalization, sustainable development, gender equality and corporate social responsibilities. All activities are open for registration throughout the year.
Applicable subjects: Citizenship and Social Development, Civic Education, Geography, Economics, Corporate Studies, Accounting and Finance, Other Learning Experience
Please contact us at 3705 2488 or education@fairtradehk.org for any enquiry.
Thematic Talks
(1) Globalization and Fair Trade
The talk will serve as an introduction of Fair Trade and its importance, and will also address how the livelihood of farmers are affected by multi-national corporations under globalization and how Fair Trade helps improve their quality of life.
Duration: 45 minutes to 1 hour
Maximum participants: 200 pax
(2) What am I wearing?
From 4 seasons, to 52 seasons a year, fast fashion has been influencing the the production cycle of fashion industry rapidly. Meanwhile, the clothes are often made of raw materials which adopts the controversial Genetic Modification (GM) technology. After the workshop, students will have an in-depth understanding of the hardships of cotton farmers and garment workers, and how Fair Trade empowers the producers.
Duration: 45 minutes to 1 hour
Maximum participants: 200 pax
WorkshopGo Top
(1) Coffee Ground Scrub Workshop
Students will make natural scrub with coffee ground, and experience the reuse process of coffee ground. Instructor will tell the stories of coffee production and world coffee trading scenario, as well as how Fair Trade helps reconstruct a sustainable coffee industry.
Related subjects: Citizenship and Social Development, Geography, Design and Applicable Technology
Duration: 1 to 1.5 hour(s)
Maximum participants: 90 pax
(2) Chocolate Blind Tasting
While tasting a piece of Fair Trade dark chocolate, students will learn about the ‘dark side’ of chocolate production, such as the child labour issue, and explore how Fair Trade responds to these problems.
Related subjects: Citizenship and Social Development, Economics and Civic Education
Duration: 1 to 1.5 hour(s)
Maximum participants: 90 pax
(3) Football and Fair Trade
Students will learn the basics of freestyle football, and the unfairness and child labour issue arise from football production. They will see how Fair Trade can improve the livelihood, working environment and social development of producers.
Related subjects: Citizenship and Social Development, Economics and Physical Education
Duration: 2 hours
Maximum participants: 8 pax
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(1) Orange Game
Through a role play session as small-scale orange farmers, students will experience the dilemma faced by farmers in developing countries and find out why they often fall prey to hunger. Post activity reflection will facilitate students’ understanding of Fair Trade and how Fair Trade cooperatives empower small-scale farmers.
Related subjects: Citizenship and Social Development, Economics and Civic Education
Duration: 1.5 to 2 hours
Maximum participants: 100 pax
(2) Sweat Factory 
Role playing as smartphone factory workers, participants will experience the grueling environment and long working hours that workers are enduring every day. Post activity reflection will strengthen students’ understanding of Fair Trade and the rights entitled to producers.
Related subjects: Citizenship and Social Development, Economics and Civic Education
Duration: 1.5 to 2 hours
Maximum participants: 100
(3) Chocolate Conference
Students will play different roles, such as business owners, cocoa producers and buyers, in the simulated conference, and get involved in the tug-of-war of price negotiation, realizing the need for fair price.
Duration: 1.5 to 2 hours
Maximum participants: 100
(4) Solar Development Simulation Game
Through role playing as different stakeholders, students can have a deeper understanding about local policy of renewable energy, the unfairness brought by climate change and how Fair Trade helps farmers in developing countries to cope with climate change.
Duration: 1.5 to 2 hours
Maximum participants: 40
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To support teachers incorporating Fair Trade education in schools, we would provide display boards rental service and leaftlets for promotional purpose.
（1）Fair Trade Easypull Banner
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Pages︰6 Size︰980 x 2000mm each Material︰PP / Banner
＊The materials are due in one week if no special request is received. |
（2）Fair Trade Leaflets
| Preview: | Chinese | English | Size︰A6 (folded from A3) |