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Mama Fairtrade visits YorkPatricia Mutangili’s neighbourscall her Mama Fairtrade becauseshe spreads the messageeverywhere she goes. And she’scoming to York!Patricia is a tea farmer from theslopes of Mount Kenya. She sellsher tea to Ndima, which suppliestea used in the Traidcraft range.She’ll be visiting St Michael leBelfrey Church on Monday 5thSeptember at 3pm, andexplaining why every cup of hertea we drink makes a difference.Patricia said, “It is going to bringbread to the tables of theproducers. It is going to makethem educate their children. It isgoing to make them moreemployment and they are goingto elevate their standards ofliving.”Local schools and churches withland also sell tea to Ndima. AtThunguri Primary School casualworkers pluck the school’s 2,000bushes, with the money raisedpaying for exam papers andhelping with maintenance.Around 350 children attend theschool which doesn’t haveelectricity, so sometimes lessonsare delayed until the morninglight improves. The school alsohas a special needs class – theonly one in the area.The Diocese will be lookingfurther at why what we purchasecan make such a difference, aspart of the Year of theEnvironment. Look out for morefrom 17 - 25 September onwww.dioceseofyork.org.uk.3