Why Kids Need Fair Trade: Case Study

2. Get Paper, Nepal - Sanjay and Subash's story

Sanjay, 12 years old and Subash, 11 years old are brothers. They live with their deaf father who following the departure of his wife has been raising Sanjay and Subash on his own. Their father works for the Fair Trade organisation Get Paper as a professional sample maker. With the support of Get Paper and the fair wages he receives for his skillful work he is able to look after his two sons and send them to school. Were there not organisations such as Get Paper providing work opportunities for people with disabilities such as Sanjay and Subash's father, Sanjay and Subash would be confronted with a very different life. Get Paper produces traditional Nepalese hand made paper crafts in an environmentally sustainable manner to provide employment opportunities to women mostly and people such as Sanjay and Subash's father, who would otherwise be discriminated against.

Sanjay, 12 years old, Subas, 11 years old and their father, outside their school.


Subash, and Sanjay and their father with one of their father's
beautifully handcrafted paper sample work.

The school that Sanjay and Subash attend is sponsored by Get Paper. Get Paper has a sister NGO General Welfare Prathistan GWP, towards which 40% of Get Paper's profits are directed. GPW allocates these funds to a number of projects such as supporting the education of young girls, AIDS awareness program, and many more.

Pictures in P/trip photos/2007/TaraNepalFeb/Kids for WFTD/Get Paper

Sanjay and Subash with their school friends sending out a message to us all to celebrate World Fair Trade Day and support Fair Trade. Their school is supported by funds raised by Get Paper.

Safia Minney, founder of Global Village and People Tree, arriving at Sanjay and Subash's school to a warm welcome from the children attending this Fair Trade supported school.

Find out more about Get Paper and General Welfare Prathistan at www.gpicoop.com.

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