CCAP Fairtrade for Development, Inc.

CCAPFT was formed to act as an intermediary marketing organization. Its program, the EDP aims to engage in trading relations with CCAP partner producers and capacitate them in their entrepreneurial skills development. It currently has twenty-two (22) buyers, eleven (11) of which have been long-time and regular partners. Most of the partner-buyers are Fair Trade organizations coming from Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific. It continues to widen its market reach to more buyers through continuous product development and promotions. This year 2016, CCAPFT aims to penetrate the domestic market through establishing its own shop within the CCAP compound to promote fairly traded products from small communities. In May 2016, CCAPFT launched its domestic line under the brand, Likhang Atin by CCAP Fairtrade. It is named so to highlight the local handiwork and resources used to create the beautiful handicrafts. This is to also show the innate talent of Filipinos to the beauty that surrounds them and how this could be utilized to create sustainable livelihood. The name also highlights the very advocacy with which the products are made and that is Fair Trade. Fair Trade seeks to give fair wages, empower women, protect children, protect the environment by using environmentally-acceptable process, among others. Hence, by buying the products of Likhang Atin by CCAP Fairtrade, your company would be supporting poverty-alleviation activities in the communities where these products are made.