CPUT makes its mark with Fair Trade
FAIR TRADE PROJECT: The Faculty of Applied Sciences recently signed the 10 principles of Fair Trade.
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
The Faculty of Applied Sciences recently signed the 10 principles of Fair Trade during The Fair-Trade University launch “Cape Peninsula University of Technology Fair Future (CPUTFF),” a student-driven initiative to promote fair trade and sustainable development.
The event was held at Agri-Hub CPUT, Wellington Campus, and this campaign aims to bring to reality the ways in which sustainable/resilient and ethical becomes practical in the agricultural space. The campaign is a support component to the theory in the lecture hall as well as a networking opportunity with other fair trade university campaigns within the region and globally.
Department of Agriculture Lecturer, Nonkululeko Mfeka, said the CPUT and the World Fair Trade Africa and Middle East (WFTO AME), had signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this year to partner in improving the livelihood of disadvantaged producers and the broader community through various awareness campaigns and information sessions. “This initiative aligns with the institutional Vision 2030 mission and values, focusing on ‘Smart student engagement and learning experiences’”, said Mfeka. She continued: “We are glad, as a department, we’re identified to spearhead this campaign.”
Project Officer, Domestic Fair Trade - Kenya and South Africa WFTO Africa & Middle East, Musa Mpofu, said it gives them a great sense of achievement to facilitate the fair-trade university campaign journey that CPUTFF has chosen to embark on. Mpofu said the domestic fair trade project housed in WFTO Africa and the Middle East started this conversation with CPUT in 2021. “While the process of getting us to where we are today took a while, it gave the project adequate time to navigate various implementation frameworks, and we believe the current framework will give the students the best possible experience of implementing a fair trade campaign in a region where a fair trade campaign cannot be based on procurement,” she said.
During the event, there was a signing of the pledge by Prof Joseph Kioko, Dean: Faculty of Applied Sciences, and Mpofu. Kioko said: “To our visitors thank you; by partnering with us, you are making a difference. This is important to us… We are really excited to be part of this. One of our aims as CPUT is to help produce graduates who contribute to making a better world, that better world starts from where we are, our communities, and our societies, right from here.”
Written by Aphiwe Boyce
Email: boyceap@cput.ac.za
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