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Interview with Irene Lembusi, daughter of Fair Trade farmer, Rosie Lembusi
From The Coffee Chain Game
online pages.
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Credit: Helen Harrison
Uganda: Irene Lembusi, daughter of a Fair Trade farmer. Click for larger image. |
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Helen Harrison interviewed Irene Lembusi, aged eight. Irene's mother, Rosie Lembusi sells her coffee to the Fair Trade company, CaféDirect.
Helen: Do you go to school?
Irene: Yes, I go to Gumutindo Primary School, and I am in P3.
Helen: Do you like going to school?
Irene: Yes, my favourite subject is maths.
Helen: Are there any chores that you have to do each day?
Irene: Yes, I have to get water from the borehole, and fetch firewood for cooking.
Helen: And what is your favourite game?
Irene: I enjoy skipping with my friends.
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Helen: What does your mother do to earn money?
Irene: She grows coffee, and when it is dried she sells it to get money.
Helen: Do you know who she sells it to?
Irene: Yes, she sells it to a company that work with Fair Trade, and as a result she gets paid more money than she used to.
Helen: Wow, that must be good. What does your mother do with the extra money?
Irene: She is able to buy us school uniform, and school books. Also, when I am old enough, hopefully she will be able to afford to let me go to secondary school.
Helen: Would you have been able to go to secondary school if your mother wasn't getting paid by CaféDirect?
Irene: No, before my mother didn't earn very much money, so we were often hungry and I didn't have school uniform. My older brothers couldn't go to secondary school, but now they can.
Helen: Is there anything else that is good about your mother being involved with Fair Trade?
Irene: If we get sick, she is able to buy medicine for us to make us better, and also she has been shown a way to grow better coffee beans that sell for a better price if the Fair Trade people can't take them.
> Read an interview with a farmer who has to sell coffee on the open market.
From The Coffee Chain Game online resource.
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