Build back fairer, stronger and better
Newcastle-based organisation Shared Interest is supporting communities in the developing world to bounce back after Covid
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Yoni Puma Quispe poses for a portrait with her daughter on her concesión in the Peruvian Amazon (Image: www.daniellevillasana.com)
On World Fair Trade Day the World Fair Trade Organization is promoting the message to ‘build back fairer’, following the disruption caused by Covid-19.
For Newcastle organisation, Shared Interest, it also provides a valuable opportunity to reflect on the vital role farmers and workers play in providing the food we eat.
Shared Interest has over 10,000 members in the UK. Each member’s investment is pooled to provide vital finance to businesses in 51 countries, supporting 352,122 people last year alone.
First published in Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper
A music year like no other: 2020 has forced South African musicians to not only be creative and think outside the box but also to find different ways to reach their audiences. Online performances became a go-to for local artists, especially as the country went into a nationwide lockdown.
DJs have been at the forefront of the livestream concert trend with artists like Black Coffee, who committed to a residency of virtual shows – the Home Brewed series – alongside the Solidarity Fund to raise money for Covid-19 relief. After raising about R400,000 in a month through crowdfunding, he was applauded by the United Nations Foundation on Twitter for his efforts. The last edition of the Home Brewed series was in May.
these things have to be coordinated among the various components of the german government just like they would have to be in the u.s. so you know i stand these things take time but i think if we focus on these interests that we have in common which are very serious economic and security interests the answer should be yes the question is how you know i understand there are limited military assets that germany can sound but there s different ways to support this it could be ships aircraft surveillance drones it could be monetary support you know i think we have to focus on the freedom of navigation of a free unfettered flow of commerce aspect of nested if the goal is the void war with iran and avoid escalation now what we should be doing is deterring additional iranian attacks on those things and you know i ve spoken with many members of the german parliament of the german government and they agree with what bradley s saying was let s talk about our shared interests and then they immedia
the muslim ban, is supposed to be the speech writer helping to craft the words delivered tomorrow. if that statement is accurate, is that a huge evolution for the president? certainly. on the campaign trail he had no love for islam. he s america first president on his first international trip. part of this trip is diplomacy which is, to put it mildly, not his strongest suit, let s say. so part of this, yes, mending fences, because they have a lot of common interests, not only on trade as recently managed but in fighting isis and containing iran and fighting terrorism in syria. a lot of shared interest. steefrp miller has been known on capitol hill for years as an abrasive guy, not a politically correct guy. stephen miller used to work in the office of now attorney general jeff sessions when he was a senator for alabama.
available throughout the trip. president trump was very critical of chancellor merkel on the campaign trail. how does the white house think that will affect the tone of the meeting tuesday. i know that we did a bit of a readout earlier on that, there s a lot of excitement on both sides of the ocean for this trip. i know that we are looking forward to meeting with the chancellor an her team and talked to her folks over there and they re very excited about coming over. there s a lot of trade an economic interest on both sides and obviously there s an element of national security that we share. and so i will let the trip look forward to the readout but there s a lot of excitement coming and i think the president looks forward to meeting with the chancellor and discussing areas of national shared interest. i gather from today and yesterday, correct me if i m wrong, i want to make sure i