Vanuatu Kava Store is please to announce that we have partnered with ACTIV in offering some of their product range on the site. The VKS team have great respect for ACTIV's role in promoting fair trade in Vanuatu and we strongly recommend you check them out and their product range whilst you are on our site.
ACTIV
ACTIV Association was officially registered as a charitable association on the 8th February 2008. ACTIV aims to socially, economically and environmentally empower the disadvantaged and marginalized people of Vanuatu through the concept of Fair Trade . ACTIV Association is a member of the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand, the regional branch of IFAT (WFTO).
ACTIV is a national union of associations, cooperatives, small producers and other individuals from Ambae, Pentecost, Maewo, Paama, Tanna, Erromango, Puninga, Ambrym, Futuna, Epi, Vanua-Lava, Araki, Gaua, Malekula, Mataso, Aneithyum and Efate Island. However, ACTIV’s reach across the islands is continuing to grow. The women in ACTIV's logo has been designed by a well known female artist from Erromango and member of the Board, Juliette Pita.
ACTIV has three branches to fulfil its mission: ACTIV Forum, ACTIV Community and ACTIV Earth. ACTIV Forum promotes and retails the products produced from around the archipelago. ACTIV Community works alongside communities in identifying income-earning opportunities and assisting in product development to realise these opportunities. ACTIV Earth deals with various environmental and social projects to improve the living conditions of rural communities.
ACTIV news - 15 January 2010 - Small Growers, Big Ideas
The Pacific Export Growers Partnership (PGEP) is a transparent network of organisations that work in partnership towards delivering positive development outcomes to Pacific Island producers by using fair and transparent international supply chains. It is an initiative managed by Fair Match Support and facilitated by ACTIV Association in Vanuatu. Watch below how the program has impacted upon Joseph Merib, a small cocoa grower from Epi, and his community.
PGEP connects small Pacific Island producers to the world market and a transparent business support structure. Training, business support, regular market information and knowledge to producers are provided thus enabling them to play a more strategic role and possess a stronger negotiating position in the market place.
