The Sher Fairtrade Premium Committee is an independent workers initiative that allocates a share of their budget to support community projects. In 2021 the committee decided they wanted to help to improve the housing situation for some of the impoverished…
Last Saturday 1000 Sher employees graduated from their skill trainings offered by the Sher Fairtrade Premium Committee. Over a period of 10 months, they were taught skills in Driving, Beauty Salon, Tailoring, Basic IT or Barbershop. The Sher FPC is…
Water hyacinth is an invasive species in Ethiopia. The presence of this non-indigenous water hyacinth is a growing concern for many lakes around the world. It is an aquatic plant that can live and reproduce on the surface of fresh…
Last week, more than 100 students from Sher High school in Ziway organized a clean-up campaign around the streets of the school compound. Hundreds of kilograms of waste were collected. Litter is a persistent problem in Ethiopia. Fortunately, our students…
Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in Africa and one of the few where the old Julian calendar, in accordance with the Coptic Church, is still followed. This means that here, Christmas is celebrated on January 7th instead of…
During the holiday season, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our success possible. It is in this spirit that we say thank you and best wishes for the holidays and New Year.
We are pleased to report that the local governments in Ziway and Adami Tulu have made available thousands of Covid-vaccines for our employees. A large-scale vaccination campaign was launched last week. Over 5500 employees have been vaccinated since last Tuesday….
Recently 12 Sher employees successfully completed their one-year course at the Women School of Leadership (WSOL) organized by Fairtrade Africa. WSOL was established with an intention to empower female employees at the workplace on matters related to social, reproductive health,…
On behalf of Afriflora Sher, we would like to thank you very much for visiting our stand during the Tradefair in Aalsmeer last week. We look back on 3 inspiring exhibition days and look forward to a further collaboration with…
Yesterday, at the Tradefair in Aalsmeer, we received a cheque for 10,000 euros from Marcel Zandvliet (chairman of the Dutch Flower Foundation), in the presence of Hans van Ree (CEO, The Floral Connection) and Stefan Verhoeff (General Director, Van Dijk…