When we shop, do they drop?
Shopping is no longer escapism. Gone are the therapy days. The recent ‘Make Poverty History’ campaign is just one of many ways in which the issue of Fair Trade has been highlighted to us as consumers.
Eleanor Margesson
Going to the supermarket or browsing along the high street with these issues ringing in our ears makes the experience very different. We are told in the Bible that ‘blessed is he who is generous to the poor’ (Proverbs 14.21) yet inadvertently many of us have probably bought goods that have been produced by people who are exploited and abused. Being interested in the equal treatment of all mankind means that the shopper needs to make ethical decisions as they make their purchases.
