WAFTAG welcomed at Gurkha restaurant

A group of 11 WAFTAG members enjoyed an excellent evening meal at the Gurkha Delight Restaurant in Witney (355c Thorney Leys) on August 24th 2010. There they met Chitra Bahadur KC, the proprietor, who is joint secretary of Fair Trade Group in Nepal and Executive Director of New Saddle. His organisation works tirelessly with leprosy and polio sufferers, the poor and needy, teaching them skills so that they can become rehabilitated into society. Integral to this is the production of handicrafts which are sold as fair trade items. He told them about the difference fair trade is making to people's lives in Nepal. He thanked WAFTAG for all that we are doing to encourage fair trade and wants to work more with us in the future. Each WAFTAG member was presented with a "khata", a ceremonial scarf. At Gurkha Delight they use a range of Fairtrade products in their recipes, serve Fairtrade coffee and tea, and sell Fairtrade Nepalese handicraft products.