Chris Martin

Photo: Zed Nelson/Oxfam

Chris Martin from Coldplay is one of Oxfam's most vocal supporters of the Make Trade Fair campaign and can often be seen with the logo written on his hand when he performs.

Chris travelled to Haiti with Oxfam to visit coffee farmers. He was shocked to see that big companies were taking most of the profits from the coffee, leaving the farmers with very little money to buy food for their families and to send their children to school.

"If a few companies were less greedy, the people at the bottom woud have a lot more," he said. "We can do our bit by pressurising politicians to change this insanity, and by buying Fair Trade coffee."

Chris and his band Coldplay performed at the Oxfam Fairplay gig in 2002, and Chris also made a special appearance at this year's Make Trade Fair Live gig where he did a duet with R.E.M.

 

Read about Chris' trip on the Make Trade Fair website

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