Trade Aid work with producers who were affected by the tsunami of Dec 26, 2004. The artisans and cooperatives are still rebuilding their lives and helping others in the huge relief effort to restore their livelihoods. 

Click on the links below to read the reports that we received from our producers at the time and following the disaster.

Sumatra

PPKGO supply Trade Aid with Sumatran Coffee. They have suffered severe losses with both lives of producers within the communities they work in as well as destruction to infrastructure.

PDF Report from Forestrade February 2006

Report from Forestrade June 2005

Report from Forestrade 16 March 05

PDF Situation Report 08 February 05

Report from Forestrade 07 January 05

Sri Lanka

May 2006

01 April 2005

15 March 2005

10 March 2005 (PDF)

5 March 2005 (PDF)

01 March 2005

21 February 2005 (PDF)

16 February 2005

07 February 2005 (PDF)

01 February 2005 (PDF)

25 January 2005 (PDF)

19 January 2005 (PDF)

17 January 2005 (PDF)

10 January 2005 (PDF)

30 December 2004

India

SIPA is a non-profit marketing organisation representing more than 60 producer groups in the Southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, and Tamil Nadu. SIPA offers support in the areas of market seatch and export promotion, managerial training & skills development, information and documentation-sharing, and consultancy services. See SIPA product here

SIPA report 24 January 2005

SIPA report 28 December 2004