The Satemwa Fair trade certificate that was suspended due to nonconformities that came out as a result of the March 2008 audit has finally been lifted and a Certificate issued. One interesting thing is that the certificate will be valid until 2011.
We have learnt some lessons out of the exercise we undertook to regain the uncertain situation we were in.
1. To be certified one needs to do more than a normal producer would.
2. To be fair trade certified requires total commitment and sacrifice.
3. There is need to take a mainstream approach so that the FT standard becomes part of business processes.
At the end of the day we are all smiles ofcourse after a lot of hard work in ensuring that all nonconformities are corrected.
Thanks to Matthias and Simon for their untiring support during the time of our suspension.
Also we are very appreciative to Marla for her swift feedback.
To our buyers and prospective buyers, the message is that we are now back as Fair trade certified producers having satisfied FLO-CERT requirements once again.
For more info. http// www.satemwa.com
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