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Rakhi is a Hindu festival (held on 9 August 2006) when sisters tie a bracelet on their brothers’ wrists to celebrate their special bond.
By giving an Oxfam fair trade rakhi thousands of you joined the millions around the world who care enough to do something to fight poverty.
The special fair trade rakhi was produced for Oxfam by Asha Handicrafts, a fair trade group in India. Oxfam works to change the unfair rules of world trade so that they work for small-scale producers as well as rich multinationals.
Bhangra singer Juggy D thought the fair trade Rakhi wristbands were "such a good idea. You can use them to celebrate the day as you normally would, but at the same time, you are showing that you care about poverty and want the rules of world trade to be made fairer."
In the time that it takes to tie a rakhi around your brother’s wrist, a child in a developing country will die. Every day, 30,000 children die unnecessarily because their families are living in poverty.
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