Poverty
This is classed as having less than €1.64 or $1.90 (USD) per day.
Living in Extreme Poverty
The key product of Fairtrade.
Coffee, Chocolate etc.
This was the percentage of people living at risk of poverty in 2022 in Ireland.
20.7%
A terrain where incomes are low compared to the national average and where communities lack quality services.
Disadvantaged area
What was the main cause of Global Inequality?
Colonisation
Approximately 383 million people live in poverty here.
Africa
How to look for Fairtrade products.
Where does Ireland rank on the Human Development Index?
8th place
When a country takes over another territory and settles there to control it.
Colonisation
Where the Industrial Revolution began in the late 18th century.
Britain
Approximately 13 million people live in poverty here.
North America
The 3 coffee shops in Ireland that had a huge increase of sales in Fairtrade coffee.
Bewley's, Insomnia and Starbucks
The name of the Irish charity that focuses on cancer.
Irish Cancer Society
Dishonest, abusing power or wealth for personal gain or influence.
Corrupt
Coal, oil, rubber and coltan ore are examples of this.
Raw material
What would you call people who experience both forms of poverty?
Consistent Poverty
The only retailer of Fairtrade flowers in Ireland that sold over 2.6 million Fairtrade roses across 130 stores around the country in 2017.
Aldi
The Irish charity that focuses on homelessness.
Simon Community
The partial or total forgiveness of debt.
Debt Relief
This is used to build hospitals, schools, roads...etc.
Tax
How is poverty measured?
The Brandt line
The 'extra money' farmers and producers receive through Fairtrade.
Fairtrade premium
The Irish charity that focuses on poverty.
Saint Vincent de Paul
An international organisation that provides loans to countries in economic difficulties.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The term we use for money and other resources (food, tools, medicine…etc.) sent to developing countries.
Aid