Tag Archives: Trade not Aid

Chai ni Mali – the Value of Tea

We are all pretty familiar with the value of tea in our own lives (where indeed would polite society be without it?) But one of the aims of the Lorna Young Foundation is to support small tea farmers in developing countries to receive the true value of their crop.

LYF Youth Enterprise expanding in to Manchester

LYF and Ringtons Tea Partner with Tanzania Producers

In March 2014,LYF Project Manager Cristina Talens, Joseph Macharia and Ringtons’ Responsible Sourcing Manager spent a week in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, working with staff from the Wakulima Tea Company (WATCO) and the RSTGA, to set up a Smallholder Support Network radio-extension programme.

Farmer Radio in DRC – Presenter Interview

The Lorna Young Foundation’s Radio presenter Jasmin talks of the Lorna Young Foundation’s radio outreach programme and how it is trying to improve women’s lives through cocoa in the DRC

New Tea Blend, Reviving Cross-Cultural Dialogue

Victorian Muslim convert tea merchant inspires LYF to launch new tea supporting cross-cultural dialogue

Tackling Unemployment Through Fair Trade Community Enterprise

LYF trains refugees and local unemployed people in setting up and running community fair trade social enterprises

LYF at Oromo Community Gathering

LYF supporting Oromo Coffee Company at Community Event

Women cocoa farmers claim rights, despite escalating violence in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

The LYF is working with women cocoa farmers in the DRC to help them produce and broadcast farmer-radio services.

Farmer Extension Radio for African Smallholders

Our farmer extension radio programme has provided a source of information and connections for farmers across Africa.

LYF’s Farmer Radio in Kenya – Delivering Results!

The LYF has been broadcasting weekly farmer radio programmes since…