3rd trip: Back to Togo
For the second time this year I went to Lomé. This time the stay was much shorter and it is a crucial time since it is right at the beginning of the cocoa and soya harvest.
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2nd Trip: Welcome to Benin!
It has been two months that I’m now working for Gebana. After my first Togo trip I spent a month in the office in Zurich and I’m now flying back from Cotonou, Benin.
1st Trip: Togo
What an adventure! On my first working day at gebana I took a plane to Lome, Togo.
'Hello' to gebana!
I am Michael Stamm, 31 years old, born in Geneva, Switzerland. I newly work for gebana and during my first weeks here I will travel to all the gebanas in West Africa. I'm glad to share my experiences with you!
August Topic of the Month: The cashew growers from Taga
The cashew growers are making the most of the skyrocketing cashew prices that have come about as a result of demand from Asia, and are selling to the highest bidders — in spite of their contracts with gebana. What do the farmers themselves say about this?
August Topic of the Month: Turbulent times for cashew nuts
The cashew harvest began in February as it always does, but it soon became apparent that everything would be different this time.
Tunisia votes today!
When, in January 2011, the Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, a breeze of freedom swept through not only North Africa but the whole Arab world. For the first time in many decades, people throughout the Arab world had the feeling of possessing the power to change their own circumstances. Tunisians, Egyptians and other people throughout the different countries let an “Arab Spring” begin.
Hope for Afghanistan
So auch der 51-jährige Haji Hamidullah, der mit seiner Frau und seinen vier Töchtern in der Hauptstadt Kabul Unterschlupf fand. Wie viele der Geflüchteten kehrte die Familie 2004 zurück und begann erneut, Trauben zu pflanzen.
Fairtrade - What else?
SOLIDAR - If it were up to Nespresso, no one would ever see this commercial
Take a look at the secret Clooney spot!
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