We're encouraging sports leagues, schools, churches and comunity groups to consider using fair trade sports balls.
Soccer, volleyball, basketball, and rugby are played the world over, but most people don’t think twice about the origin of the sports balls that are so central to these games. The majority of these balls are hand-stitched, often by workers who labour long hours under strenuous conditions for far less than legal minimum wage. In many cases, children must also work to supplement their families’ income either in bonded labour or at home. An estimated 7000 children aged 5 to 14 work full-time stitching sports balls in northern Pakistan. Under the umbrella of FLO (Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International), workers who assemble Fair Trade Certified sports balls are guaranteed a minimum wage and fair employment conditions, as well as a premium to invest in social and economic initiatives in their communities. Tell me more.
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