Our Fairtrade Stories
Our workers and growers, together their families, have begun to see the true benefits that Fairtrade is bringing to the local communities, in particular the residents of the small, isolated village of Tilimuqui where the Fairtrade premium has been invested in providing a new and reliable water supply and more recently constructing a new secondary school which specialises in agricultural studies.
On the inauguration of the Tilimuqui School Project in May 2010, Bjorn Wittmark, director for La Riojana's importer in Sweden, Giertz Vinimport, commented: "It is clearly evident the incredible impact Fairtrade has had on a small community such as Tilimuqui, once a forgotten village in Argentina. The fact that the village now benefits from a reliable water supply and a first-class secondary school is attracting people to move here and in my opinion has put Tilimuqui well and truly on the map."
