'Facing the Crisis' Digital Exhibition
Nicola Taylor • July 26, 2021
The theme of climate justice touches on many issues including politics, trade, and human rights and the inequalities it emphasises, and how different organisations are working towards a fairer and more sustainable world. As a part of highlighting these issues and ahead of COP26 taking place in Glasgow later this year, the Scottish International Development Alliance recently created a website “Facing the Crisis” as a digital exhibition to showcase the very real challenges that are being faced around the world.
A representative from the Alliance said “We are excited to introduce our new online digital exhibition, Facing the Crisis, exploring the impacts of the climate crisis across the globe. Across more than 50 films and images, discover personal stories, challenges and responses to the climate crisis in countries across the “Global South” through the lens of photography and film. Each image tells its own story of the human costs and resilience of people around the world. Please take your time, share images using #FacingTheCrisis, and enjoy!”
Organisations and individuals are able to upload their photos and share the stories behind them, so JTS and the Balmore Trust collaborated with their producer partners KASFA (an association of rice farmers) in Northern Malawi to tell their story.
This digital exhibition is well worth exploring as it gives you a real insight into how the climate crisis is affecting every day life and the mitigations that communities are having to put in place to combat the challenges that climate change brings. Below are the photos submitted by The Balmore Trust and JTS and we would appreciate if you would click on the photos to learn about the stories behind them.
R eflections on the recent visit of Howard Msukwa, Rice Farmer from Kaporo Smallholder Farmer Association (KASFA)
Jade and Nicola visit some of the Woman Farmer Foundation farmers to learn more about their crops and farming techniques and some of the challenges they face.
Nicola and Jade visit Eswatini Kitchen and the Woman Farmer Foundation.
After attending the WFTO International Fair Trade Summit in Capetown, Jade and Nicola were lucky enough to get to go visit one of our producer groups, Black Mamba. If you haven't tried their delicious chilli products yet, head right over to our online shop and invest in some serious taste. Above is Nicola and Jade with Black Mamba Founder, Claudia. Now over to Nicola to tell the story in her own words...
Jade and Nicola are representing us, catching up with associates and forging new relationships
And drinks for former Scottish Fair Trade CE, Martin Rhodes